💡 Without a gender perspective, climate action is not effective. #COP30...

UN Climate Change 6 months ago

💡 Without a gender perspective, climate action is not effective. #COP30 represents a unique window of opportunity to advance climate action with a gender perspective. Vanessa Dolce de Faria (@vdolcefaria), Brazil’s High Representative for Gender Affairs, explains why it is so critical that countries agree on a new Gender Action Plan at #COP30 to guide the future of more inclusive and effective global climate action. At #ClimateWeek2025 in Addis this week, country representatives and observer organizations will discuss concrete activities to ensure gender equality is at the heart of climate action. --- 💡 Sem uma perspectiva de gênero, a ação climática não é eficaz. A #COP30 representa uma oportunidade única para avançar na ação climática com uma abordagem de gênero. Vanessa Dolce de Faria (@vdolcefaria), Alta Representante do Brasil para Assuntos de Gênero, explica por que é tão importante os países chegarem a um novo Plano de Ação de Gênero na COP30 para orientar um futuro de ação climática global mais inclusiva e eficaz. Esta semana, durante a Climate Week 2025, em Adis Abeba, representantes dos países e organizações observadoras vão discutir atividades concretas para garantir que a igualdade de gênero esteja no centro da ação climática.

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The UK government has recognised that data centres are a material part of the national sustainability in construction agenda. Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee is examining energy use, water consumption and emissions, expanding the conversation beyond IT to whole life carbon.

The inquiry is expected to shape future planning policy, mandating developers to demonstrate lower embodied carbon in materials and to conduct whole life carbon assessments as part of sustainable building design. Data centre resilience against flood risk and stressed utilities reflects a shift towards life cycle cost management and environmental sustainability in construction.

Circular economy strategies are gaining commercial traction. Analysis in Scotland confirms that circular-economy employment delivers stronger value per hour, reinforcing the case for circular economy in construction, reuse and end-of-life reuse in construction. Pressure is growing for verified resource efficiency in construction through traceable waste governance and circular construction strategies.

The quality of recycled polymers is under review, and if recycling capacity falters, access to reliable green building products and low carbon construction materials will tighten. Contractors adopting sustainable building practices grounded in lifecycle assessment and environmental product declarations (EPDs) are better positioned to meet compliance expectations and secure green procurement advantages.

International data indicating lower emissions from China’s manufacturing sector signal a modest decline in the embodied carbon of imported building components. This supports life cycle thinking in construction and the pursuit of net zero whole life carbon outcomes. For developers aligning projects with BREEAM or BREEAM v7, reduced embodied carbon contributes directly to net zero carbon buildings and low carbon design benchmarks. As decarbonising the built environment becomes a planning prerequisite, evidence of carbon footprint reduction, renewable building materials and sustainable material specification is evolving from best practice to basic permission to build.

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