Posts Tagged ‘emissions’
EVORA become signatories to the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment
We are delighted to announce that EVORA Global has joined nearly 100 other organisations in signing The World Green Building Council’s Commitment. The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) is a global network leading the transformation of the built environment to make it healthier and more sustainable. Their Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment calls for companies, cities,…
Read MoreA 2050 target but no time to spare!
By Lucy Curtis and Peter Willcocks We are now in a critical period requiring rapid and urgent action to retrofit our buildings in a bid to address climate change. The Paris Agreement set a global imperative ¹ to restrict global warming to 2⁰C or below. To achieve this ambition, global greenhouse gas emissions need to reduce…
Read MoreDoes the UK’s net zero future need the EU ETS?
The 2008 Climate Change Act already commits the UK to an 80% reduction in emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2050. However, the unwritten long-term target hopefully is, or at least should be, to achieve complete carbon neutrality. Since its inception in 2005, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has been Europe’s flagship…
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