The first-ever Global Forum on Buildings and Climate, organized by the French government and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), ended yesterday with 70 countries adopting the declaration de Chaillot , a basic document for international cooperation that will enable progress towards a fast, fair and efficient transformation of the sector.

The forum, which brought together more than 1,400 participants in the French capital, was dedicated to the decarbonisation and climate resilience of buildings. According to the latest report on the global state of buildings and construction, released this week by UNEP and the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), the construction sector accounts for more than a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. The report states that in 2022, this sector accounted for 37 percent of global operational energy and process-related CO2 emissions. ( More on unep.org)