Architects, landscape architects and urban planners are influential brokers to facilitate change in the built environment, yet we rely upon experts and researchers who make it their business to provide convincing background data and policy alternatives for legislators. When the agenda is targeting net-zero strategies, positive change happens when cities can push the climate agenda forward through clear incentives for developers, often through regulations that restrict underperforming buildings while encouraging highly efficient retrofits and new construction. To this end, the real estate community has the greatest opportunity to influence?and deliver upon?market demand for buildings that can reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to zero. The symbiotic relationship between municipalities, advocacy groups, and the real estate development community is a complex ecosystem critical for the architecture and planning community to understand when addressing climate change through advocacy, policy and planning.  We felt the best way to unpack this issue was to invite three Toronto-based leaders representing a real estate company, a non-profit agency, and the City of Toronto for the final episode of our first season of SvN Speaks: a series of climate-positive discussions launched during the summer of 2022. Our guests included Julia Langer, Jenny McMinn and Jane Welsh. Langer is the CEO of The Atmospheric Fund (TAF), a non-profit corporation endowed by the City of Toronto, the ...