🌎Ramón Balcázar M., Fundador y Director Ejecutivo de Fundación Tantí,...

Climate Reality 21 days ago

🌎Ramón Balcázar M., Fundador y Director Ejecutivo de Fundación Tantí, será expositor en el panel “El Camino a Seguir: Salvaguardas para Asegurar una Transición Justa” del Entrenamiento en Liderazgo de Climate Reality, que se realizará en Santiago entre el 9 y 11 de julio. Desde la experiencia de Fundación Tantí y a partir del trabajo de investigación-acción que busca conectar las realidades locales con los debates globales en torno a la crisis climática y la transición energética, Ramón compartirá un análisis sobre los impactos que experimentan los territorios del Desierto de Atacama, expuestos a los impactos del cambio climático y a la expansión acelerada de proyectos minero-energéticos asociados a la transición. Este será un espacio para el diálogo y el aprendizaje colectivo, donde reflexionaremos sobre las brechas de conocimiento y las barreras institucionales para una transición socioecológica con justicia territorial, así como sobre la importancia de la participación comunitaria y una acción climática construida desde los conocimientos y las formas de vida locales. 📍Santiago de Chile 📅10 de julio 2026 English: 🌎Ramón Balcázar M., Founder and Executive Director of Fundación Tantí, will be a speaker on the panel “The Way Forward: Safeguards to Ensure a Just Transition” at the Climate Reality Leadership Training, to be held in Santiago from July 9 to 11. Drawing from Fundación Tantí’s experience and based on action-research that seeks to connect local realities with global debates around the climate crisis and energy transition, Ramón will share an analysis of the impacts experienced by the territories of the Atacama Desert, exposed to the effects of climate change and the rapid expansion of mining-energy projects associated with the transition. This will be a space for dialogue and collective learning, where we will reflect on knowledge gaps and institutional barriers to a socio-ecological transition with territorial justice, as well as on the importance of community participation and climate action built from local knowledge and ways of life. 📍Santiago, Chile 📅July 10, 2026

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Financial institutions are accelerating sustainable construction by aligning lending with measurable environmental performance. Santander UK’s decision to adapt mortgage models for Octopus Energy’s Zero Bills homes integrates credit policy with energy-efficient buildings, translating net zero carbon ambitions into mainstream financial metrics. This shift signals the emergence of whole life carbon assessment as a determinant in property valuation and positions embodied carbon and life cycle cost analysis as standard tools of risk management across the sector.

Digital transformation is amplifying the movement. The Monklands digital hospital project in Scotland demonstrates how offsite manufacturing, lifecycle assessment and connected data platforms enhance building lifecycle performance, minimise waste, and verify embodied carbon in materials. Durham’s adoption of digital planning and assessment tools reflects a broader drive toward resource efficiency in construction and environmental sustainability in construction. Together these initiatives redefine sustainable building design by embedding whole life carbon accountability into design and delivery workflows.

Policy remains an enabling force but the centre of momentum is shifting from government mandates to operational proof. A renewed national emphasis on green affordability and the integration of social equity with decarbonising the built environment are reinforcing the transition toward net zero whole life carbon outcomes. These developments illustrate a maturing circular economy in construction where sustainable building practices, low carbon design and eco-design for buildings converge to deliver verifiable carbon footprint reduction. The industry’s direction is now measurable—kilograms of CO₂, minutes saved, resources reused—evidence that green construction is evolving from aspiration to tangible low carbon building performance.

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