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New forms of urban planning are emerging in Africa
Header photo : Singapore’s Surbana Jurong prepared master plan 2040 for the Rwandan capital, Kigali. GettyImages Sylvia (...)
Press release: Public survey launches Valle dei Laghi activities in major EU climate-change project
Residents of Valle dei Laghi and wider Trentino-Alto Adige region have the opportunity to contribute to a major project that (...)
Disasters can wipe out affordable housing for years unless communities plan ahead – the loss hurts the entire local economy
The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the final weeks of 2021 left thousand (...)
New flood maps show US damage rising 26% in next 30 years due to climate change alone, and the inequity is stark
Coastal cities like Port Arthur, Texas, are at increasing risk from flooding during storms. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Olive (...)
Implementing the Paris Agreement and reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout the life cycle of buildings: European public policies, tools and market initiatives
Being responsible for 38% of total global energy-related CO2 emissions, the built environment plays a vital role in deliverin (...)
Without urgent action, these are the street trees unlikely to survive climate change
Shutterstock Renée M. Prokopavicius, Western Sydney University; David S. Ellsworth, Western Sydney University et Sebastian (...)
Here's How to Design Climate Responsive Homes
Nations everywhere are instituting carbon-neutrality goals. These goals involve allocating funding to green-minded infrastr (...)
What are the outcomes of the COP? The absence of the housing and construction sector
The Glasgow Climate Pact at COP26 seals in a short 8-pages text the consensus position of countries on climate action. The (...)
Glasgow Climate Pact means that ‘deep renovation’ of buildings must become gold standard for all renovation decisions
BPIE (Buildings Performance Institute Europe) has today released a report arguing that deep – as opposed to shallow – renovat (...)
[Replay] The international gala of the Green Solutions Awards 2020-21
Who are the international winners of the 2020-21 edition? Which aspects of sustainable buildings and cities did the expert (...)
Green Solutions Awards 2020-21: Who are the international winners?
Whilst states were meeting to update their climate commitments, Construction21 unveiled the international winners of the (...)
A Paris-Proof Retail Real Estate Sector: A vision and roadmap for decarbonised retail property
BPIE (Buildings Performance Institute Europe) has published a vision and a step-wise roadmap for retail real estate to reach (...)
Follow Construction21's events for COP26 in Glasgow and online!
While states are gathering and negotiating the conditions of climate action at COP26, numerous actors organise side events (...)
How ‘managed retreat’ from climate change could revitalize rural America: Revisiting the Homestead Act
Small inland towns can offer a haven for people escaping coastal climate change. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Hillary A. Brown (...)
Commit, Engage, Act & Network on the road to COP26
More than 440 participants from cities and regions across Europe and beyond, joined the Covenant of Mayors – Europe Ceremony (...)