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
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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
Rapid shifts in national and international policy are redefining the agenda for sustainable construction and sustainable building design. The stalled effort in Nairobi to establish a global minerals agreement leaves the environmental sustainability in construction supply chains for cement, steel and aggregates exposed to uneven standards of governance. With multilateral climate negotiations weakening, coalitions of the willing are beginning to drive progress on low carbon design through regional and buyer-led frameworks for low carbon construction materials. These alliances could accelerate Whole Life Carbon Assessment methodologies and promote transparency on Embodied Carbon in materials far in advance of any binding global treaty.
In Scotland, proposals to cap incineration capacity mark a decisive turn toward a Circular Economy in construction. Developers face strengthened oversight of demolition and end-of-life reuse in construction, with heightened expectations to recover and recycle materials. The shift boosts confidence for recyclers investing in renewable building materials, green building products and resource efficiency in construction. As landfill costs rise, the economics of circular construction strategies and low-impact construction practices become increasingly favourable, reinforcing the business case for life cycle thinking in construction and eco-design for buildings.
Uncertainty over UK green levies and energy-efficiency schemes underlines the fragility of current retrofit finance. The potential loss of tens of thousands of jobs underscores the need for sustainable building practices that deliver measurable Life Cycle Cost benefits and carbon footprint reduction without dependence on subsidies. The emerging focus falls on financing models capable of supporting energy-efficient buildings and net zero carbon buildings across market cycles, embedding Whole Life Carbon performance into every phase of sustainable architecture and construction delivery.
Digital transformation is confronting new sustainability scrutiny as the UN’s latest resolution on AI impacts to the environment links artificial intelligence to the environmental impact of construction. The Embodied Carbon and energy use of data-heavy technologies such as BIM and generative optimisation tools are now part of compliance considerations. Green construction software must support lifecycle assessment goals and contribute to decarbonising the built environment through measurable reductions in operational and embodied emissions.
Across the global sector, the expectation is clear: evidence-based approaches to net zero Whole Life Carbon are replacing aspirational rhetoric. Firms demonstrating verifiable reductions in the carbon footprint of construction, traceable sourcing through environmental product declarations (EPDs), and alignment with BREEAM and BREEAM v7 benchmarks will strengthen competitiveness in sustainable urban development. Leadership depends on proving low Embodied Carbon materials performance, optimising building lifecycle performance, and maintaining resilience in the pursuit of carbon neutral construction that meets both market and regulatory demands.
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