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This year’s tests will be big: Burnham’s government needs to show it can deliver on…

The last few months have seen a lot of activity on whole life carbon (WLC),…

One of the most significant of these new policy interventions is the Carbon Border Adjustment…

Sustainable leadership in construction starts with a mindset shift. Discover how systems thinking and collaboration can transform built environment practices.

UKGBC’s UK Climate Resilience and Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmaps set the ambition, but delivery depends on people. Douglas Morrison, Deputy CEO at BE-ST, explores why the construction sector needs a more coherent, responsive skills system to turn low carbon and resilient building ambitions into reality.

What does it take to lead on climate at board level? At UKGBC’s Recalibrate ‘Night at the Museum’ event, C-suite executives explored the legacy they want to leave behind, guided by Jonathon Porritt’s stark take on the climate crisis.

Britain’s buildings, transport and drainage were built for a climate that’s gone. Emma Howard Boyd CBE explains why adaptation can’t wait any longer.

Shreya Aneja, Architectural Designer and Sustainable Design Coordinator at White Arkitekter, reflects on her experience leading on the Whole Life Carbon Framework at UKGBC.

A Prime Minister who knows our world Andy Burnham’s political trajectory on the built environment…

As Andy Burnham settles into No.10 and begins to set out his agenda, now is…

The built environment faces mounting pressure to deliver on climate mitigation, resilience and nature recovery simultaneously. Recent heatwaves and wildfires across the UK show these are interdependent outcomes of a single system, not separate challenges. Yet much of the sector still operates in silos, with carbon efforts advancing unevenly while resilience investment and nature recovery lag behind. Read on to find out how UKGBC’s BuildingLife Ambassadors campaign is working to close that gap.

Since 2017, each annual service report of our 15+ year old boiler had been concluding…