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SDG12 Resource Efficient Housing
Supporting countries towards sustainable buildings and construction
30, Jul. 2021
UN-Habitat, UNEP and UNOPS have
joined forces in a collaborative two-year project (October
2020-October 2022) that aims to support countries in the integration of
resource efficiency into the building’s life cycle.
Countries
of implementation
Burkina
Faso and Sri Lanka
The
Challenge
The
building and construction sector is responsible for nearly 40% of the total
emissions The programme responds to the urgent need to reduce global greenhouse
emissions with a focus on material resource efficiency, given the fact that 50%
of the building stock is yet to be built, with most of it to occur in
developing countries.
Objectives
The
main objective is to support countries building their roadmap towards a
resource efficient, low carbon and climate resilient buildings strategy. The
joint teams will develop and implement tools and resources to strengthen the
countries' sustainable consumption and production in the construction sector
(SDG12).
Piloting
The
programme is being piloted with Burkina Faso and Sri Lanka as the first 2
selected countries. A global steering committee and a multi-stakeholder national
group is brought together to promote international and national expertise
and awareness looking to develop the Sustainable Building and Construction
(SBC) roadmap strategy and piloting projects. As a result, a value-assessment
methodology and an advocacy package will be delivered. A housing assessment
tool will also be piloted in both countries to identify gaps in order
to improve planning, design, construction, and assessment of future
buildings.
Next
steps
During
the next months the agencies will be working together with the United Nations
Country Teams (UNCT) and other relevant stakeholders in developing the tools
and national SBC roadmaps. The final outcomes will be mainstreamed globally and
serve as a digital archive to enable other countries to strengthen the path
towards sustainable strategies within building and construction sector.
Click here to
find out more about the Project.
Click here to
find out more about the One Planet Multi-Partner Trust Fund for SDG 12
Review
the resources: Country Roadmap, Sherpa, CAT-I
