When God decides to prepare tables for you to dine with kings and queens,...

Climate Reality 1 year ago

When God decides to prepare tables for you to dine with kings and queens, you'll be surprised by just how high & rewarding the tables will be. I started @earthnowmedia under 1 year ago, and in that short period, I have seen God manifest in so many ways. Opportunity after another opening for me, just because I made the difficult & daring decision to bring this vision to life, most times using the small finances at my disposal and leveraging the power of the intentional community that has been supportive of my journey. Just this June, I had the absolute rare pleasure to host the former vice president of the USA, Al Gore, Founder & Chairman of the Climate Reality Project. Al Gore has done incredible work in influencing climate action and investments for years. He has been a loud voice on what has to be done amidst the polycrisis. So, when I got a formal invitation to host Al Gore at the Climate Reality's Nairobi tour Training, I was met with so many feelings, but one particular feeling was that I had to say YES, and to deliver this event in a stellar moderation and hosting that befits the occasion. Tell you what, even I was surprised that I could host and moderate a full day's programming, with humour, fun, scientific facts, and my own lived experiences in climate justice and environmental leadership. Of course, I've hosted events and moderated forums before, but this one felt different due to its intergenerational nature and scope regarding climate leadership. I am grateful to God, and to every person who has gone before me, believed in my capabilities and actually trusted me to deliver some good magic for their events and programs. And to the climate reality, global and regional families, most especially the team behind the Nairobi training, a very big thank you for the honour of bringing out in me this not-so-new skill. I hope to continue learning, growing and thriving in the space, and delivering high-level, real & dignified hosting and moderation. I am glad to join the ranks of the global climate reality leaders after undertaking the 3 days of intense training. Thanks, @kean.international family, for the honor to do this. A luta continua ✊🏾 🌍 ✨️ 🌱

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The UK’s retrofit gap remains the defining issue for sustainable construction. The National Retrofit Hub’s call for a stronger national retrofit system exposes persistent weaknesses in standards, skills, finance and policy stability. Treating retrofit as national infrastructure would support whole life carbon reduction, improve building lifecycle performance and strengthen environmental sustainability in construction across the existing building stock.

Nesta’s finding that electricity bills are rising more slowly than gas could sharpen the business case for low carbon design. Heat pumps, electric vehicles and fabric-first upgrades become more attractive when assessed through life cycle cost rather than upfront capital alone. Developers, landlords and retrofit providers can position electrification as a route to energy-efficient buildings, lower exposure to fossil-fuel volatility and progress towards net zero carbon buildings.

Climate adaptation is now a core test of sustainable building design. Planting, shading, passive cooling, urban greening and green infrastructure are becoming essential responses to overheating risk, particularly for lower-income households. Eco-design for buildings must address summer resilience as well as winter efficiency, linking sustainable design with health, comfort and long-term carbon footprint reduction.

Major infrastructure remains the sector’s most difficult contradiction. Renewed uncertainty over Heathrow expansion raises questions about the carbon footprint of construction, embodied carbon in materials and the credibility of net zero whole life carbon policy. Large projects need robust whole life carbon assessment, lifecycle assessment and transparent sustainable material specification, supported by environmental product declarations (EPDs), low embodied carbon materials and circular economy in construction principles. Sustainable construction has the techniques; consistent governance is still missing.

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