RAIC Board Approves Climate Change Resolution
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is set to consider big changes in how the organization and its members will address the climate crisis.
The RAIC Board of Directors approved in principle the Resolution for Urgent and Sustained Action on Climate and Ecological Health at a board meeting on October 26. The RAIC Committee on Regenerative Environments developed and sponsored the resolution.
?The intent of this resolution is to provide a framework for the RAIC to prioritize and support urgent and sustained action in order for its members to design for holistic health, resilience, and regenerative built environments,? it reads.
?The RAIC recognizes that the built environment is a major contributor to climate change, that the continued use of the status quo practice has contributed to the climate emergency, and that architects through their central role in shaping the built environment have both the capability and moral duty to directly enable transformational climate solutions.? The board will consider actions such as:
a multi-year climate action strategy with members, licensing authorities, policymakers, affiliated professional organizations, and the public;
integrate the paradigm shifts in thought and action through current and ongoing revisions of the Canadian Handbook of Practice;
revise the terms of reference for its awards;
revise internal position and policy statements regarding climate, equity and ecological health;
prioritize allocation of funding and ...
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