RAIC Journal: The Road to a Climate Action Plan
Speakers in the RAIC?s Congress on Architecture and its accompanying podcast series included Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Wanda Dalla Costa, Cristina Gamboa, Dr. Harriet Harriss, Seth Klein, Louis Conway, Bianca Dahlman, Joanne Perdue, and Mona
Lemoine.
The worsening global climate crisis impacts architecture and society to a magnitude that is nearly impossible to overstate. To provide proactive leadership to the architectural industry, the RAIC will soon publish a new future-minded Climate Action Plan.
Working in partnership with the Committee on Regenerative Environments, the Congress on Architecture Steering Committee and the Board of Directors, the Climate Action Plan will serve as a guiding document as the RAIC navigates the environmental challenges ahead. Consultations and feedback from the RAIC membership, concluding this February, are the latest stage in informing the development of a considered plan for the RAIC. The built environment has a substantial impact on climate?Architecture 2030 cites that nearly 40% of global GHG emissions come from the maintenance, operation, and construction of buildings. Reducing the profession?s environmental impact is a vital priority.
A watershed initiative for environmental advocacy by the RAIC was the presentation of the Resolution for Urgent and Sustained Action on Climate and Ecological Health, first at an October 2019 board meeting, and subsequently in a presentation to members at the Annual General Meeting. Approved
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