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📢 すべての化石燃料の段階的廃止を🚫
昨晩 #COP28 において、今回の最重要議題でもあるグローバル・ストックテイクの最終合意に向けた成果文書の新たな草案が発表されました。その中に「すべての化石燃料の段階的廃止」の文字はなく(それより弱い「削減」にとどまった)、石炭の削減の具体的な期限も入りませんでした。排出削減対策(水素・アンモニア混焼やCCSなど)された化石燃料を使用し続ける余地が残されており、世界が今必要なアクションに取り組むには不十分な内容となりました。
すでに起きている被害を最小化するために緊急に必要なクリーンエネルギーへの移行を妨げる「偽の解決策」への余地を残さず、すべての化石燃料の段階的廃止は必須です。
日本は、まさにこのような排出削減対策を推進する事により、2050年まで石炭を含む化石燃料を使用し続ける計画としています。これらは2030年までに排出量を削減することができないだけでなく、日本やアジア、そして世界で化石燃料への依存を永続させることに繋がります。
私たち、そして世界の市民社会からのメッセージは明確です:今すぐにすべての化石燃料の段階的廃止を求めます。
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📢 Phase-out ALL Fossil Fuels NOW🚫
Last night at #COP28 as it prepares for the final agreement, the new draft of the Global Stocktake texts were out - and we are extremely disappointed to see the lack of urgency and agency - WITHOUT the key "phase-out of all fossil fuels" and WITHOUT deadline for phase-out of coal, leaving more space to continue using abated fossil fuels (hydrogen/ammonia co-firing and CCS). We must phase-out ALL Fossil Fuels NOW to leave no space for such false solutions that will hinder the urgently needed transition to clean energy to minimize the damage that is already happening.
Japan plans to keep using fossil fuels until 2050, including coal, and the country emphasizes using exactly these abatement measures which will not reduce emissions by 2030 and will only perpetuate our reliance on fossil fuels - in Japan and across Asia, harming the most vulnerable people and communities.
Our message from the global civil society is clear: We MUST Phase out ALL fossil fuels NOW!🌏
Britain’s sustainable construction agenda is moving into delivery, with climate adaptation, retrofit and electrification reshaping procurement and investment. The Environment Agency’s appointment of GRAHAM to deliver the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme shows green infrastructure becoming core to sustainable urban development, as flood resilience is treated as essential civic protection rather than an optional environmental measure.
Extreme rainfall is now a design condition, increasing the need for sustainable building design, low-impact construction and life cycle thinking in construction across infrastructure programmes. The National Retrofit Hub’s call for a stronger UK retrofit system highlights the need to decarbonise the built environment through better skills, consumer trust and supply-chain capacity.
Whole life carbon, embodied carbon and whole life carbon assessment must become standard practice if the UK is to move beyond fragmented upgrades towards net zero carbon buildings and net zero whole life carbon outcomes.
Retrofit decisions increasingly need to align life cycle cost, building lifecycle performance, energy-efficient buildings and carbon footprint reduction, rather than focusing only on upfront capital costs. Nesta’s finding that electricity bills are rising far more slowly than gas strengthens the commercial case for heat pumps and low carbon building upgrades.
Clean power and electrified heat can make low carbon design financially credible for developers, landlords and homeowners. The next phase of sustainable construction will depend on circular economy in construction, resource efficiency in construction, sustainable material specification, environmental product declarations (EPDs), low embodied carbon materials and credible standards such as BREEAM and BREEAM v7.
The priority is to turn resilient places, upgraded homes and low carbon construction materials into scalable programmes that reduce the carbon footprint of construction while improving long-term asset value.
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