*English below* 📢 すべての化石燃料の段階的廃止を🚫 昨晩...

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*English below* 📢 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。 -------‐-‐--------- 📢 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!🌏

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Water is emerging as the critical constraint shaping sustainable construction and urban development. A United Nations warning of “water bankruptcy” positions scarcity as a core determinant of sustainable building design, forcing developers to integrate hydrological data into every feasibility study. Growth strategies in arid regions are now being rebuilt around circular economy in construction principles—combining closed-loop water systems, onsite reuse, and lifecycle assessment to ensure resilience in resource-constrained environments. The shift highlights the rise of life cycle thinking in construction, where water efficiency aligns with carbon footprint reduction and long-term life cycle cost outcomes.

Reconstruction in disaster-prone areas is demanding a redefinition of sustainable building practices. Indian townships rebuilding after landslides demonstrate the limits of traditional resilience models. A data-driven approach grounded in environmental sustainability in construction is replacing reactive rebuilding with preventative planning. Projects now value green infrastructure and community-led hazard mitigation as core performance indicators, embedding end-of-life reuse in construction and low-impact construction techniques as benchmarks for sustainable design.

The fragmented global energy transition continues to disrupt the carbon footprint of construction. As the embodied carbon of steel, cement and modular components depends heavily on place of manufacture, procurement teams are pursuing environmental product declarations (EPDs) and low embodied carbon materials to manage embodied carbon in materials more transparently. Contracts increasingly price carbon volatility alongside inflation and currency risk. Design professionals are under growing pressure to evidence net zero whole life carbon performance through rigorous whole life carbon assessment and life cycle cost modelling. This progression marks the industry’s deeper commitment to decarbonising the built environment and achieving carbon neutral construction.

Corporate investment is translating ambition into deliverable outcomes. Housing and workplace projects benchmarked against BREEAM V7 and net zero carbon buildings standards are demonstrating measurable improvements in green construction efficiency, renewable building materials integration and circular construction strategies. The distinction between retrofit and replacement is being framed by whole life carbon considerations and building lifecycle performance metrics. Each project is an applied case study in sustainable material specification and eco-design for buildings, proving that low carbon design and resource efficiency in construction are now commercially viable rather than aspirational.

Sustainable construction is no longer an environmental choice but an operational necessity. The convergence of water scarcity, embodied carbon accountability and resilience-based planning ensures that sustainable building design now serves as the foundation for both climate adaptation and long-term asset value.

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