Não é só o 60° Treinamento Mundial do Climate Reality Tour realizado pelo Climate Reality Project, fundado por Al Gore, Prêmio Nobel da Paz, uma das maiores iniciativas globais de formação de liderança climática. É algo a mais.
É o ponto de não retorno.
É o encontro com as inquietações do passado.
É a catarse particular por receber amor em suas mais variadas formas.
O mesmo amor que moveu Alfredo Syrkis a sonhar e agir pelo Rio de Janeiro, transformando afeto em política, palavra em obra e que hoje dá nome ao Green Ring Award, reconhecimento aos projetos de Líderes da Realidade Climática que mais se destacaram no mundo.
O mesmo amor que fez de Marina Silva, para os íntimos Maria Osmarina da Silva, uma força que nos alerta que é preciso ter graça, que é preciso ter sonho sempre. Como ela mesma disse: “Sonho é a coisa mais concreta que eu tive.” E com essa frase tocou o meu passado e tudo até aqui.
Entre o sonho que se torna concreto e o amor que se faz ação, encontro a minha própria história.
Prazer, a mais nova líder climática pelo The Climate Reality Project.
Global negotiations at COP30 in Belém have accelerated momentum toward decarbonising the built environment through definitive timelines for ending fossil fuel use. The shift transforms sustainable construction from voluntary ambition into a structural requirement for net zero carbon and net zero whole life carbon outcomes. Policymakers are converging around frameworks that demand whole life carbon assessment and lifecycle assessment to account for embodied carbon across sustainable building design, low carbon construction materials and circular economy in construction principles.
Funding imbalances remain acute. Only a fraction of climate finance supports environmental sustainability in construction and resilient infrastructure, leaving gaps in life cycle cost modelling and resource efficiency in construction. Addressing this shortfall is critical to accelerating carbon footprint reduction and life cycle thinking in construction that ensures buildings can adapt to climatic extremes while achieving carbon neutral construction.
Government proposals linking climate, biodiversity and land use through unified policy instruments indicate an evolution toward circular construction strategies and eco-design for buildings that integrate sustainable material specification and environmental product declarations (EPDs). These measures align with BREEAM and the forthcoming BREEAM v7 standards, reinforcing quantitative accountability in green construction and sustainable building practices.
In the United Kingdom, scrutiny from Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee challenges the misconception that regulation limits housing delivery. Its evidence underscores that low carbon design and green infrastructure are enablers of innovation, not barriers. It signals a policy turning point toward sustainable urban development and eco-friendly construction anchored in end-of-life reuse in construction and building lifecycle performance metrics.
The trajectory is apparent: whole life carbon accounting, embodied carbon in materials tracking and circular economy integration are reshaping global market expectations. Sustainable design decisions are becoming quantifiable obligations, ensuring every low carbon building advances environmental sustainability in construction and measurable carbon footprint of construction reductions consistent with decarbonising the built environment.
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