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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.

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Policy urgency and material innovation are reshaping sustainable construction across the UK. The Climate Change Committee’s call for sustained investment in resilience signals a decisive move from ambition to obligation, aligning infrastructure with environmental sustainability in construction and revealing the true cost of inaction. Adaptation spending that targets heatwaves, flooding, and infrastructure vulnerability is increasingly linked to whole life carbon assessment and lifecycle assessment, bringing accountability to the carbon footprint of construction.

Technological progress is reflecting the same shift. Floating solar energy and large-scale energy storage projects demonstrate sustainable building practices grounded in low carbon design and resource efficiency in construction. Net zero whole life carbon principles are informing new models of building lifecycle performance, driving the transition toward energy-efficient buildings that support national decarbonisation goals.

Material choices are now a defining factor in sustainable building design. The demand for low embodied carbon materials and renewable building materials is rising as developers pursue circular construction strategies and end-of-life reuse in construction. The evolution of low carbon construction materials, guided by standards such as BREEAM and BREEAM v7, signals the integration of eco-design for buildings with rigorous sustainability metrics.

The sector faces increasing scrutiny over greenwashing, but genuine progress is emerging through carbon neutral construction and sustainable material specification that reflect measurable reductions in embodied carbon in materials and whole life carbon. This convergence of regulation, innovation, and life cycle cost awareness is moving sustainable construction from niche to norm, advancing the circular economy in construction and accelerating the path to net zero carbon buildings.

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