The UK's strategy for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 "does not go far enough" and ignores embodied carbon according to the RIBA and other industry groups.
More funding plus regulations to establish embodied carbon targets are needed, they say.
RIBA president Simon Allford said the proposals are "overshadowed by the lack of adequate funding and the absence of vital embodied carbon targets for new buildings."
The plans "fall far short of the action needed to realise the objective of net-zero" added James Rixon of Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN).
Michael Pawyln of climate action group Architects Declare added that "much more radical thinking" would be needed to avoid a climate catastrophe. "The approach that the UK government is taking involves doing enough to persuade the population that they are taking the problem seriously while, in reality, not doing anywhere near enough to prevent collapse," Pawlyn told Dezeen.
"We need to rethink the fundamental purpose driving our economy, our relationship with the rest of the living world and the way we design, plan and operate our built environment."
Growing calls for embodied emission regulation
The government released its net-zero strategy on Monday ahead of the COP26 climate conference, which the UK is hosting next month.
The document outlines how the country aims to reach its goal of becoming net-zero by 2050 in line with Paris Agreement targets, at which ...