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

UN Climate Change 2 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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Global negotiations at COP30 in Belém have accelerated momentum toward decarbonising the built environment through definitive timelines for ending fossil fuel use. The shift transforms sustainable construction from voluntary ambition into a structural requirement for net zero carbon and net zero whole life carbon outcomes. Policymakers are converging around frameworks that demand whole life carbon assessment and lifecycle assessment to account for embodied carbon across sustainable building design, low carbon construction materials and circular economy in construction principles.

Funding imbalances remain acute. Only a fraction of climate finance supports environmental sustainability in construction and resilient infrastructure, leaving gaps in life cycle cost modelling and resource efficiency in construction. Addressing this shortfall is critical to accelerating carbon footprint reduction and life cycle thinking in construction that ensures buildings can adapt to climatic extremes while achieving carbon neutral construction.

Government proposals linking climate, biodiversity and land use through unified policy instruments indicate an evolution toward circular construction strategies and eco-design for buildings that integrate sustainable material specification and environmental product declarations (EPDs). These measures align with BREEAM and the forthcoming BREEAM v7 standards, reinforcing quantitative accountability in green construction and sustainable building practices.

In the United Kingdom, scrutiny from Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee challenges the misconception that regulation limits housing delivery. Its evidence underscores that low carbon design and green infrastructure are enablers of innovation, not barriers. It signals a policy turning point toward sustainable urban development and eco-friendly construction anchored in end-of-life reuse in construction and building lifecycle performance metrics.

The trajectory is apparent: whole life carbon accounting, embodied carbon in materials tracking and circular economy integration are reshaping global market expectations. Sustainable design decisions are becoming quantifiable obligations, ensuring every low carbon building advances environmental sustainability in construction and measurable carbon footprint of construction reductions consistent with decarbonising the built environment.

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