Net zero is a key goal in respect of the built environment and to achieve this by 2050 we need to address the issues of global energy-related carbon emissions and the building stock, both existing and proposed.

The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) catalyses the uptake of sustainable buildings for everyone, everywhere.
Transforming the built environment across three strategic areas — climate action, health & wellbeing, and resources & circularity — we are a global action network comprised of around 70 Green Building Councils around the globe.
As members of the UN Global Compact, we work with businesses, NGOs and governments to drive the ambitions of the Paris Agreement and UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Through a systems change approach, our network is leading the building and construction industry towards a net zero carbon, healthy, equitable and resilient built environment.

The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) launched a new report focused on the Asia Pacific region that outlines the business and climate opportunities of tackling embodied carbon in the built environment.

The Asia Pacific Embodied Carbon Primer raises awareness on what embodied carbon is, where it occurs throughout a building and infrastructure asset’s lifecycle and how tackling embodied carbon can catalyse Asia Pacific to building back better post COVID-19.