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UN Climate Change 1 year ago

👋 ¡Hola! 你好! مرحبًا! Привет! Salut! Olá! There are more than 8,000 languages in the world 🌏, each one representing a unique way of seeing the world. In our joint fight against climate change, let’s make sure all voices are heard. Celebrate #MotherLanguageDay with us and tell us how to say climate action in your language! Follow @onuclimat, @rkikoon and @onucambioclimatico for more multi-language climate content. ___ Il existe plus de 8 000 langues dans le monde 🌏, chacune représentant une façon unique de voir le monde. Dans notre lutte commune contre les changements climatiques, faisons en sorte que toutes les voix soient entendues. Célébrez la #JournéeInternationaledelaLangueMaternelle avec nous : dites-nous comment dire « action climatique » dans votre langue ! Suivez @unclimatechange, @rkikoon et @onucambioclimatico pour plus de contenu multilingue sur le climat. ___ 🌏 В мире говорят более, чем на 8000 языках, каждый из которых отражает неповторимый взгляд на окружающий мир. Давайте же в наших совместной борьбе с изменением климата приложим усилия, чтобы все голоса были услышаны. Отмечайте вместе с нами #МеждународныйДеньРодногоЯзыка и расскажите нам на вашем языке о том, что вы делаете для защиты природы и борьбы с изменением климата! Подписывайтесь на @onucambioclimatico, @UNClimateChange и @onuclimat, чтобы получить больше информации об изменении климата на разных языках. ___ Hay más de 8000 idiomas en el mundo 🌏 y cada uno representa una forma única de ver la vida. En nuestro esfuerzo conjunto contra el cambio climático, asegurémonos de que todas las voces sean escuchadas. ¡Celebra con nosotros el #DíaIdelaLenguaMaterna y cuéntanos cómo se dice acción climática en tu idioma! Sigue a @onuclimat, @rkikoon y @UNClimateChange para obtener más contenido climático en diferentes idiomas. ___ Há mais de 8.000 idiomas no mundo 🌏, cada um representando uma maneira única de ver o mundo. Na nossa luta conjunta contra as mudanças climáticas, vamos garantir que todas as vozes sejam ouvidas. Comemore o #DiaDaLínguaMaterna conosco, nos conte como se diz ação climática no seu idioma! Siga @UNClimateChange, @onuclimat, @rkikoon e @onucambioclimatico.

layersDaily Sustainability Digest

Published about 5 hours ago



Bio-based materials are advancing rapidly within sustainable construction. Wood-fibre insulation, available as blown-in and rigid solutions, is demonstrating reliable performance across walls, roofs and floors, aligning renewable building materials with modern sustainable building design. It marks a shift from niche eco-friendly construction to mainstream specification, supporting low carbon design and reducing the carbon footprint of construction.

Industry governance is moving to embed whole life carbon assessment across the supply chain. The Future Homes Hub’s Embodied Carbon and Resource Efficiency Board is guiding developers on measuring embodied carbon in materials, applying life cycle thinking in construction and improving resource efficiency in construction. Focus is extending beyond operational energy to whole life carbon, life cycle cost and the environmental sustainability of construction processes. Builders are expected to quantify the environmental impact of construction through lifecycle assessment, circular economy principles and environmental product declarations (EPDs).

International policy frameworks are strengthening the same trajectory. The UN’s National Cooling Action Plan for the MENA region integrates energy-efficient buildings and sustainable building practices within low carbon building strategies. This links to net zero carbon buildings and net zero whole life carbon pathways that address both embodied and operational emissions. The approach underlines that eco-design for buildings and circular economy in construction are fundamental to achieving carbon footprint reduction.

Whole-life performance is now central to environmental sustainability in construction. Companies adopting low embodied carbon materials and sustainable material specification achieve both compliance and economic benefit through improved building lifecycle performance. Sustainable design, green building products and circular construction strategies are defining a carbon neutral construction future in which sustainable construction and green infrastructure converge as the default model for the global built environment.

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