In Dubai on 12 November at 8h00 South African time, Team SA presents “Forests and Fibre – A renewable and sustainable option to green investment and economic recovery”. Don’t miss speeches by: Eustace Mashimbye, Proudly South African Michael Peter, Forestry South Africa (FSA) Mpho Lethoko, Sappi Southern Africa Penwell Lunga, Chairperson South African Furniture Initiative…
The UK’s Construction Industry Council (CIC) recently released its Climate Action Plan that embraces all the interests of the professional institutions and organisations active in the UK’s construction and property industries. The CIC says it has a significant role in the UK’s road to “Net Zero new buildings by 2025”. The Action Plan comprises ten…
The Wood Manifesto, Growing Our Low-Carbon Future: Time for Timber, calls on the world’s politicians and policymakers to acknowledge the science, recognise the significance of their country’s timber and forest industries, and adopt wood more widely in their country’s built environment. The manifesto is a collaboration between Australian, European, American, New Zealand and Canadian woodworking…
The “circular economy” is the new buzzword on the European sustainability agenda. Of particular concern is the European Union (EU’s) built environment. The building and construction sector uses half of all new resources and generates more than a third of all waste. The EU believes an only solution is a new approach and new tools…
According to the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN), countries at the highest risk of climate change are in Africa and South/Southeast Asia. While their capacity to prevent or cope with climate impacts is poor, these regions will host nearly all anticipated 2.5-million additional urban residents by 2050. Recent research predicts that by 2050, 1.6-billion…
