'The world will be building the equivalent of another New York City every month for the next 40 years.' Growth in developing countries is good news for every person whose life improves, but also means vast amounts of additional Carbon emissions, mainly due to construction related activities. In the UK approx 40 % of greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to the Built Environment. Studioort has signed up to the RIBA 2030 Climate challenge aiming at an incremental reduction of embodied and operational greenhouse gas emissions to 300kg CO2e/m2 embodied carbon for domestic buildings by 2030, approx 1/3 of the 2019 benchmark. Help us in getting there. For more info: https://www.architecture.com/about/policy/climate-action/2030-climate-challenge

Image credit ‘How to avoid a Climate disaster’ Bill Gates