Event Dates:7 Dec, 2023, 16:30-17:15
Hybrid
The Buildings Breakthrough – How do we deliver a new Net Zero Paradigm for the Built Environment?
UKGBC's COP28 event in collaboration with World GBC, Knight Frank and the Mission Zero Coalition.
Taking place in the Innovation Zone at COP28 in Dubai, this event will bring together a panel of experts from industry and government to reflect on COP28 Buildings Day, the new Breakthrough Agenda and establishing our buildings as a critical lever for climate mitigation and adaptation.
Panelists
- Facilitator / Chair – Simon McWhirter, Deputy Chief Executive, UKGBC
- Nasra Nanda – CEO Kenya Green Building Council, and Chair, Africa Regional Network of World GBC
- Chris Skidmore MP – Chair, Mission Zero Coalition and Chair, UK Net Zero Review
- David Goatman -Partner, Global Head of Energy and Sustainability, Knight Frank
How to join
The event will take place at the Climate Action Innovation Zone in the Madinat Jumeirah Conference Centre. In person attendees must have a valid pass for entry, please see this page for more details.
The event will also be available to live stream. Register to view online here.
Please note, the event times stated are Gulf Standard Time (GST) UTC+4
With special thanks to our event partner
COP28
Industry, policymakers and civil society will gather in Dubai this winter to take decisive action on the climate emergency.
Climate Change Mitigation
We are in a decisive decade for climate action and with a decreasing number of years left to achieve 2030 climate targets, radical and rapid transformation from businesses and the global economy is essential.
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