A COP30 colocou a integridade da informação no centro das discussões em Bonn...

UN Climate Change 1 year ago

A COP30 colocou a integridade da informação no centro das discussões em Bonn 🇩🇪! O encontro reuniu pesquisadores, autoridades governamentais e das Nações Unidas. A Presidência da COP30 reforçou o compromisso de garantir um debate público baseado em ciência como principal forma de combate às fake news 🧪📊 A condução dos trabalhos ficou a cargo da Secretaria de Políticas Digitais, da Secretaria de Comunicação Social da Presidência da República. A luta contra a desinformação climática é essencial para avançarmos rumo a um futuro sustentável! —— 🌍 COP30 put information integrity at the center of discussions in Bonn! 🇩🇪 The event brought together researchers, government authorities, and United Nations representatives. The COP30 Presidency reinforced its commitment to ensuring a public debate based on science as the main way to fight fake news 🧪📊 The discussions were led by the Brasil’s Secretariat for Digital Policies. The fight against climate disinformation is essential for moving toward a sustainable future! 🌱 —— 🌍 ¡La COP30 puso la integridad de la información en el centro de las discusiones en Bonn! 🇩🇪 El encuentro reunió a investigadores, autoridades gubernamentales y representantes de las Naciones Unidas. La Presidencia de la COP30 reafirmó su compromiso de garantizar un debate público basado en la ciencia como la principal forma de combatir las fake news 🧪📊 Los trabajos fueron dirigidos por la Secretaría de Políticas Digitales de Brasil. ¡La lucha contra la desinformación climática es clave para avanzar hacia un futuro sostenible! 🌱 #MutiraoCOP30 #COP30 #COP30Brasil #COP30Amazonia #COP30NoBrasil #COP30BrasilAmazonia #RoadToCOP30

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Published about 21 days ago



Financial institutions are accelerating sustainable construction by aligning lending with measurable environmental performance. Santander UK’s decision to adapt mortgage models for Octopus Energy’s Zero Bills homes integrates credit policy with energy-efficient buildings, translating net zero carbon ambitions into mainstream financial metrics. This shift signals the emergence of whole life carbon assessment as a determinant in property valuation and positions embodied carbon and life cycle cost analysis as standard tools of risk management across the sector.

Digital transformation is amplifying the movement. The Monklands digital hospital project in Scotland demonstrates how offsite manufacturing, lifecycle assessment and connected data platforms enhance building lifecycle performance, minimise waste, and verify embodied carbon in materials. Durham’s adoption of digital planning and assessment tools reflects a broader drive toward resource efficiency in construction and environmental sustainability in construction. Together these initiatives redefine sustainable building design by embedding whole life carbon accountability into design and delivery workflows.

Policy remains an enabling force but the centre of momentum is shifting from government mandates to operational proof. A renewed national emphasis on green affordability and the integration of social equity with decarbonising the built environment are reinforcing the transition toward net zero whole life carbon outcomes. These developments illustrate a maturing circular economy in construction where sustainable building practices, low carbon design and eco-design for buildings converge to deliver verifiable carbon footprint reduction. The industry’s direction is now measurable—kilograms of CO₂, minutes saved, resources reused—evidence that green construction is evolving from aspiration to tangible low carbon building performance.

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