IMAGINE TODAS AS PESSOAS!!!! Gente, que experiência MARAVILHOSA! Encontrar...

Climate Reality 9 months ago

IMAGINE TODAS AS PESSOAS!!!! Gente, que experiência MARAVILHOSA! Encontrar pessoas que compartilham nossos valores, crenças e ambições por um futuro melhor para o planeta 🌎 é revigorante. Dá uma nova força para seguir lutando, mesmo quando o mundo tenta nos atropelar e silenciar nossas vozes. Foram três dias de IMERSÃO em conteúdos de ponta, com palestrantes inspiradores e colegas altamente motivados. Uma honra para a Clara de 14 anos que assistiu Uma Verdade Inconveniente do Mr. Gore pela primeira vez. Para a Clara de 25, que parou de comer carne por amor aos animais e se inspirou em Sir Paul McCartney. E também para a Clara de quase 34, que muitas vezes se sente impotente diante da imensidão do desafio. Mas acreditar que é possível mudar o futuro já é o início da solução. Inspirar quem está ao nosso lado multiplica os resultados. Agir localmente gera impacto global. 🌍 Obrigada, @theclimatereality e @algore, pela oportunidade que quero honrar com todo afinco. Agora sou uma Liderança Climática — e ninguém vai me segurar! 💚 Bora lá @climaterealitybrasil ⸻ 🌱 English Version IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE! What an INCREDIBLE experience! Meeting people who share the same values, beliefs, and ambitions for a better future for our planet 🌎 is truly energizing. It reignites our strength to keep fighting, even when the world tries to overwhelm us and silence our voices. I spent three full days IMMERSED in cutting-edge content, with inspiring speakers and highly motivated colleagues. It was an honor for 14-year-old Clara, who watched An Inconvenient Truth by Mr. Gore for the first time. For 25-year-old Clara, who stopped eating meat out of love for animals and was inspired by Sir Paul McCartney. And for almost-34 Clara, who often feels powerless in the face of such a massive challenge. But believing that change is possible is already the beginning of the solution. Motivating those around us amplifies the results. Acting locally has a global impact. 🌍 Thank you, @theclimatereality and @algore, for this opportunity that I intend to embrace fully. From now on, I am a Climate Leader — and nothing will hold me back! 💚 Let’s go @climaterealitybrasil

layersDaily Sustainability Digest

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Britain’s construction sector faces structural transformation as the Climate Change Committee warns that the nation’s housing, workplaces, and infrastructure remain designed for a climate that no longer exists. The call for adaptation is now underpinned by policy momentum: the proposed Energy Independence Bill positions renewable generation and low carbon design as core to national security. This reframes sustainable construction as critical infrastructure rather than discretionary ambition, aligning with the drive toward net zero carbon and resilience in the built environment.

Across the industry, innovation in eco‑design for buildings and renewable building materials demonstrates measurable progress in reducing embodied carbon and improving whole life carbon performance. West Fraser’s CaberShield ECO flooring system reflects how low embodied carbon materials can meet conventional durability standards while supporting environmental sustainability in construction. The move toward circular economy principles and life cycle thinking in construction is reinforced by advanced digital modelling for whole life carbon assessment, generating data that informs retrofit strategies and life cycle cost optimisation.

Professional engagement is intensifying as institutions such as the RICS advocate collaboration to deliver net zero carbon buildings and end‑of‑life reuse in construction. Despite softening market conditions and reduced housing registrations, developers are being urged to adopt sustainable building practices that ensure long‑term building lifecycle performance and minimise the carbon footprint of construction.

Sustained funding, enforcement, and material innovation are essential to decarbonising the built environment. Achieving net zero whole life carbon will depend on integrating sustainable material specification, environmental product declarations (EPDs), and circular construction strategies into every phase of design and delivery. Britain’s green construction agenda will only succeed if sustainable building design evolves from aspiration to standard practice, ensuring that each low carbon building contributes to a resilient, energy‑efficient, and resource‑efficient future.

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