🇺🇸 We can’t solve the climate crisis if we keep financing the problem....

Climate Reality 4 months ago

🇺🇸 We can’t solve the climate crisis if we keep financing the problem. Fossil fuel investments are trapping nations in a toxic cycle of loans, debt, and pollution. Clean energy provides a real path to growth, freedom, and opportunity. @ClimateRealityBrasil explains why clean energy is the right path forward in their Intro to Brazilian Climate Finance course: bit.ly/CRBrazilClimateAcademy. And then join @ClimateLatino, @ClimateRealityBrasil, and @ClimateReality and tell the Inter-American Development Bank to stop wasting money on fossil fuels and fund solutions that work. Take action at the link in our bio. 🇧🇷 A crise climática não será resolvida se continuarmos financiando o problema. Os investimentos em combustíveis fósseis estão prendendo as nações em um ciclo tóxico de empréstimos, dívidas e poluição. A energia limpa oferece um caminho real para o desenvolvimento, a liberdade e o progresso. A @ClimateRealityBrasil explica por que a energia limpa é o caminho certo a seguir em seu curso Introdução ao Financiamento Climático Brasileiro: bit.ly/CRBrazilClimateAcademy. Junte-se a @ClimateLatino, @ClimateRealityBrasil e @ClimateReality e diga ao Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento para parar de desperdiçar dinheiro com combustíveis fósseis e financiar soluções reais. Entre em ação no link em nossa biografia. SPA: La crisis climática no se resuelve si seguimos financiando el problema. Las inversiones en combustibles fósiles están atrapando a las naciones en un ciclo tóxico de préstamos, deudas y contaminación. La energía limpia ofrece un camino real hacia el desarrollo, la libertad y el progreso. @ClimateRealityBrasil explica por qué la energía limpia es el camino a seguir en su curso Introducción a las finanzas climáticas en Brasil: bit.ly/CRBrazilClimateAcademy. Únete a @ClimateLatino, @ClimateRealityBrasil y @ClimateReality y dile al Banco Inter-Americano de Desarrollo que deje de malgastar dinero en combustibles fósiles y financie soluciones reales. Actúa en el enlace de nuestra biografía.

layersDaily Sustainability Digest

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New operational data from the UK underscores a decisive transition in sustainable construction, shifting focus from theoretical decarbonisation to verified performance in real conditions. Heat pumps have maintained comfort levels equal to or surpassing gas boilers during recent sub-zero periods, reinforcing confidence in low carbon design and accelerating the case for electrification. The evidence supports the development of energy-efficient buildings that meet both sustainability targets and life cycle cost efficiency, lowering the overall carbon footprint of construction.

Electricity procurement is undergoing a comparable transformation. Time‑matched carbon‑free tariffs replace outdated annual offset models with live accountability, compelling developers to integrate controllable loads, thermal storage, and smart controls into sustainable building design. This evolution promotes buildings that can demonstrate measurable reductions in net zero whole life carbon through continuous performance validation, advancing whole life carbon assessment and lifecycle assessment methods.

Such market shifts are redefining what constitutes green construction. Investors and regulators increasingly value real-time verification of environmental sustainability in construction, rewarding assets that address embodied carbon in materials and optimise resource efficiency in construction. Developers adopting circular economy principles and sustainable building practices now position themselves ahead in achieving net zero carbon buildings.

Policy direction remains critical. Urban strategies, including New York’s emerging approach to affordable decarbonisation, illustrate how sustainable urban development can balance equity with climate ambition. Across global markets, organisations aligning with sustainable material specification, low embodied carbon materials, and circular construction strategies are best placed to reduce the environmental impact of construction. Those integrating BREEAM V7 principles with end‑of‑life reuse in construction will strengthen resilience against regulatory tightening and ensure consistent advancement toward carbon neutral construction.

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