Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction
Launched at COP21, the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) works towards a zero-emission, efficient, and resilient buildings and construction sector through:
(1) Raising ambitions to meet the Paris climate goals. While the sector is a major emitter, it also holds huge potential for improvement. The initiative works to raise the level of ambition in retrofitting existing buildings and future-proofing the investments going into new buildings over the next 15 years.
(2) Mobilizing all actors along the value chain. Faced with a fragmented value chain, all stakeholders – from design to construction, operations and demolition in the private and public sectors – need to play their part.
(3) Support countries in setting priorities and measures based on their situation. GlobalABC develops policy guidance and global and regional buildings and construction roadmaps outlining aspirational targets, timelines, and key actions for essential policies and technologies, and, offering a model for national and city-level buildings and construction roadmaps to support and raise the ambition of NDCs.
