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Built environment needs to decarbonise twice as fast to meet 2025 target, UKGBC says

By 2023-12-06T12:25:00

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Slow progress over the last four years means firms are now falling behind planned trajectory

Construction firms need to reduce their carbon emissions twice as fast as they are currently to achieve a target agreed across the industry, according to the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC).

Slow progress over the last four years means the built environment is now “significantly off-track” from the decarbonisation trajectory required under the UKGBC’s New Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap.

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