Buildings Breakthrough

The Buildings Breakthrough is part of the Breakthrough Agenda, which provides a framework for countries, businesses and civil society to join up and strengthen their actions every year in key emitting sectors, through a coalition of leading public, private and public-private global initiatives. It is co-led by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion of France and the Ministry of National Territory Planning, Land Planning, Housing, and City Policy of the Kingdom of Morocco, and coordinated under the auspices of the UNEP-hosted Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC).

The initiative aims to strengthen international collaboration to decarbonize the building sector and make clean technologies and sustainable solutions the most affordable, accessible and attractive option in all regions by 2030.

Activity period	2023–present
Last CoAct update	2025
Web URL	https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/buildings-breakthrough-global-push-near-zero-emission-and-resilient
Output effectiveness	0.37
Accountability Index	0.61
Inclusiveness Index	0.58
Capacity Index	0.53
Num. actors	75
Functions	Knowledge dissemination, Technical implementation, Institutional capacity building, Standards and norms, Campaigning, Participatory management, Training, Funding, Policy planning
SDGs
Themes	land use, human settlements, industry
Policy focus	Mainly mitigation
Sectors	Construction
Implementation countries	Armenia, Austria, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Norway, Senegal, Sweden, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates (the), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland (the), United States of America (the), Zambia