🇧🇷: Se o primeiro dia preparou o cenário, o segundo dia do #TheRealityTour no Rio trouxe o impulso. @AlGore se juntou a Mercedes Bustamante, Carlos Nobre e Thelma Krug para responder Ă s questões da ciĂŞncia climática que mais nos preocupam. A Ministra Marina Silva e Karenna Gore seguiram com uma conversa inesquecĂvel sobre ação moral, justiça e o poder das soluções comunitárias.
À tarde, os participantes participaram de sessões de debates sobre a desmistificação da COP, o fortalecimento da ação climática nos territórios brasileiros e o uso da narrativa como uma poderosa ferramenta de advocacy. Encerramos com a feira de parceiros e a recepção à comunidade — um espaço para conexão, colaboração e ação.
Nada disso seria possĂvel sem os incrĂveis LĂderes da Realidade Climática, mentores e nossa equipe da filial brasileira, que dĂŁo vida a esses treinamentos. E a energia nĂŁo para por aqui. Dia 3, vamos lá.
🇺🇸: If Day 1 set the stage, Day 2 of #TheRealityTour in Rio brought the momentum. Al Gore joined Mercedes Bustamante, Carlos Nobre, and Thelma Krug to answer the climate science questions weighing on us most. Minister Marina Silva and Karenna Gore followed with an unforgettable conversation on moral action, justice, and the power of community solutions.
In the afternoon, attendees stepped into breakout sessions on demystifying COP, strengthening climate action from Brasil territories, and using storytelling as a powerful advocacy tool. We closed with the partner fair and community reception — a space for connection, collaboration, and action.
None of this is possible without the incredible Climate Reality Leaders, mentors, and our Brasil branch staff who make these trainings come alive. And the energy doesn’t stop here. Day 3, let’s go.
#TheRealityTour #ThisIsReality #LeadWithClimateReality #Brasil #Rio
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Corporate campuses and mixed-use retrofits are consolidating a retrofit-first logic. The drive to decarbonise existing stock is aligning with circular economy in construction principles, end-of-life reuse in construction and circular construction strategies that minimise demolition and embodied carbon losses. Achieving net zero whole life carbon and BREEAM V7 certification is becoming the benchmark for responsible modernisation, integrating resource efficiency in construction and environmental product declarations (EPDs) into procurement systems.
Uneven policy frameworks and material supply constraints are prompting adaptive low-impact construction strategies that incorporate circular economy thinking and carbon footprint reduction across borders. Designs must allow flexibility to meet differing lifecycle assessment standards while maintaining alignment with global goals for decarbonising the built environment.
Future-ready sustainability depends on district-level efficiency, hazard-aware land planning and community-led stewardship. Success belongs to those who demonstrate environmental sustainability at the level that truly counts—the whole place—delivering net zero carbon outcomes through sustainable construction that unites performance, resilience and economic viability.
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