In Paris, 70 countries committed on Friday March 8 to reviewing their ways of building in order to curb global warming. The commitment was made during the first global Buildings and Climate forum, organized by the UN and the French government.
Buildings are responsible for 21% of greenhouse gas emissions and this continues to increase, exceeding the rules of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. The aim is to decarbonize the building industry, which emits a lot of greenhouse gases responsible for the rise in global temperatures. But also to make buildings more resilient in the face of storms, floods and heatwaves.