​The Built Environment Industry has a Huge Responsibility in the Climate Crisis

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Climate change is becoming more and more real every day: all over the world, we are witnessing a clear increase in climate disasters. Moreover, the latest IPCC report warns us of possible “tipping points” from which the climate transition could become not gradual, but sudden and irrevocable.

Hélène Cartier is a speaker at the new LifeCycles festival, taking place in Ghent 28 to 30 September 2022.
Spread across 3 days and 3 stages LifeCycles will gather over 40 leading speakers, discussing the future of out cities, architecture and environment. More info and tickets on www.lifecycles.be

Over the past decade, the progress made to keep global heating below the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement has been poor. The leading climate scientists are now clear: the 2020s will be a make-or-break decade for the survival of our environment. The global emissions must peak before 2025 and be reduced 43% by 2030.

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Cite: Hélène Chartier. "​The Built Environment Industry has a Huge Responsibility in the Climate Crisis" 22 Sep 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/989430/the-built-environment-industry-has-a-huge-responsibility-in-the-climate-crisis> ISSN 0719-8884

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