Briefing

Countdown to COP26: Gary Clark & Robin Nicholson

2021-10-22T06:00:00

Gary Clark

As the global climate summit approaches, we ask leading figures in the profession and wider industry to share one idea they think could help save the planet

An annual carbon budget

Gary Clark, regional leader of science and technology at HOK

We need to see a “code red” annual carbon budget implemented for UK buildings that aligns with the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) global budget of 500 billion tonnes of emissions over the next 30 years.

If we go above this figure, then we will overshoot the 1.5ºC temperature increase and face inevitable catastrophic climate events.

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