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NASA Climate Change 2 years ago

šŸŒŠšŸ§Šā˜ļø @NASA climate scientists travel far and wide to study water in all its forms. Celebrate #EarthDay by sharing a #GlobalSelfie with us – and bonus points if it’s near water! Image descriptions: 1: A woman kneels down in the snow, wearing snowshoes and a bright orange jacket. She is looking down at a scientific instrument in her hands. 2: A man wearing a black leather jacket and brown shirt takes a selfie in front of a light blue glacier. Between the man and the glacier is a small area of patchy grass. A second person in the background is walking toward the glacier. 3: A woman sits on a wooden boat with her legs stretched out toward the camera. She is smiling and wearing a bright orange life vest. In the background is a light blue body of water. A blanket of white clouds cover most of the blue sky. 4: A woman sits on a tan-gray rock to the right of the image. She is wearing a deep purple colored shirt and black pants. One of her legs is tucked up while the other hangs off the side of the rock, and her arms are gently crossed. The woman is at a higher elevation than the background, so the landscape behind her can be seen a far distance. The landscape to the left of the image is a nearly flat ground in dark green, brown, and orange colors, and centered in the image is a lake which is reflecting the color of the sky off of it. Above the horizon, the sky is a bright blue color, but is covered slightly by sparse gray clouds.

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Regulatory momentum across the built environment is tightening as governments and industry bodies align around robust frameworks for decarbonising construction. The EU’s reform of carbon market controls aims to maintain strong carbon price signals to advance whole life carbon reduction, while ISO’s new standard on net‑zero transition plans gives investors and contractors a consistent structure for measuring life cycle cost and performance. The Science Based Targets initiative is establishing clearer boundaries between verifiable net zero carbon buildings and unsubstantiated claims, driving greater transparency in embodied carbon reporting and lifecycle assessment within construction supply chains.

Engineering progress is translating policy ambition into practice. Plans for a large‑scale direct air capture plant on Teesside highlight a new model of carbon neutral construction industry in the UK, pairing heavy engineering expertise with circular economy principles. Expansion of natural fibre insulation and low embodied carbon materials into mainstream housing retrofits demonstrates eco‑design for buildings moving beyond pilot projects. Sustainable construction now depends on accurate whole life carbon assessment and the specification of renewable building materials validated through environmental product declarations (EPDs).

Climate resilience is reshaping valuation and insurance models as climate‑driven subsidence data sharpen awareness of the environmental impact of construction. Developers are applying sustainable building design and low carbon design strategies to manage soil instability and resource efficiency in construction projects. The focus on whole life carbon and embodied carbon in materials signals a maturing market where green construction and sustainable building practices are metrics of competitiveness, not aspiration. Standards such as BREEAM v7 reinforce this shift toward lifecycle performance, end‑of‑life reuse in construction and circular construction strategies that define the next phase of environmental sustainability in construction.

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