ONE PLANET NETWORK FORUM
For A Sustainable Planet
and a just world
12-13 SEPT 2024
MUSEU DO AMANHÃ / ‘MUSEUM OF TOMORROW’,
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
ONE PLANET NETWORK FORUM
For A Sustainable Planetand a just world
12-13 SEPT 2024
MUSEU DO AMANHÃ / ‘MUSEUM OF TOMORROW’,
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
REDUCING INEQUALITIES AND ACHIEVING JUST TRANSITIONS FOR ALL THROUGH SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION INCLUDING THROUGH CIRCULAR ECONOMY.
PROGRAMME - SESSION 11
Action to Shift the Built Environment from Linear to Circular
Organised by:
Description:
This session features promising solutions that focus on circular economy and equitable strategies for the built environment, followed by an interactive innovation studio for participants to brainstorm collaborations to bring to the Circular Built Environment working group under the Global ABC Materials Hub, to take forward or to seek to identify the right connectors for the proposal. At present, the built environment is estimated to be responsible for 40% of global resources in their entire life cycle – including 40% of waste and 30% of greenhouse gas emission. This is due to the use of carbon-intensive materials such as cement and steel during the construction phase, and to the high use of energy in the operational phase. And yet,75% of the infrastructure that will be in place in 2050 does not exist today, including housing, and we will see most of that infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries (World Green Building Council, 2019, Bringing Embodied Carbon Upfront report).
This session examines how to address these global challenges. And inclusive markets are a primary mechanism for addressing systemic inequality faced by women, people with special needs, LGBTQI, market actors and households in the Global South. By shifting the built environment from a linear model towards circular systems and practices, we have the opportunity to address not just economic and environmental outcomes but also social impacts such as inclusion, livelihoods, and beyond. And for housing specifically equitable, healthy, sustainable and affordable options are necessary to address wellbeing and inclusivity, access to essential services, livelihood opportunities and affordability as well as links to 15 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Speakers
Nasra Nanda
CEO
Kenya Green building Society
Ms Annika Lindblom
Director,
International and EU Affairs, Ministry of the Environment of Finland.
Melissa M. Bilec, PhD
Special Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability; Co-director, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation; George M. and Eva M. Bevier Professor; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; University of Pittsburgh
Gema Stratico
Regional Director for Habitat LAC for Humanity International
Dr. Linda K. Molnar
Program Director
NSF Convergence Accelerator Program
Agenda:
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Time |
Content |
Speakers |
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16:00-16:04 [4’] |
Opening remarks and introduction: The importance of shifting the thinking from linear to circular systems and practices in the built environment, understanding circularity and the whole life carbon of buildings. |
Moderator Ms Gema Stratico, Regional Director, Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, Habitat for Humanity International |
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26’ |
FOUNDATION SETTING |
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16:04-16:09 [5’] |
UPFRONT CARBON A partnership to get chemicals out of the built environment at the product and construction stages of the whole building's life cycle. |
Ms Gema Stratico, Regional Director, Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, Habitat for Humanity International |
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16:09-16:16 [7’] |
EMBODIED AND OPERATIONAL CARBON The Importance of Addressing Embodied Carbon in Africa. Multistakeholder approach: Roles and responsibilities. Opportunities for collaboration. Call to Action. |
Ms. Nasra Nanda, CEO, Kenya Green Building Society
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16:16 - 16:23 [7’] |
END-OF-LIFE Linking participative and innovative circularity strategies with the use, renovation, and maintenance phase of the built environment. |
Ms. Melissa Bilec, Special Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability; Co-director, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation; George M. and Eva M. Bevier Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Pittsburgh |
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16:23-16:30 [7’] |
BEYOND BUILDING LIFE CYCLE Closing the loop of the built environment life cycle and the importance of circularity from the design stage. Holistic intersections across high-impact sectors’ circular economy strategies beyond the built environment and its social dimension. |
Ms. Linda Molnar, Program Director Technology, Innovation, and Partnership Directorate, US National Science Foundation |
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55’ |
INNOVATION STUDIO |
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16:30 - 16:35 [5’] |
Introduction to the dynamics of the “Innovation studio” |
Moderator Ms Gema Stratico, Regional Director, Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, Habitat for Humanity International. |
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16:35 - 17:05 [30’] |
Innovation studio in action Brainstorming session divided into four roundtables. Digital voting process for the best idea in each roundtable. |
Session speakers will moderate the roundtables. |
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17:05 - 17:25 [20’] |
Session debrief Each table to present their top idea. Digital voting process for the best overall idea. |
Ms Gema Stratico, Regional Director, Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter, Habitat for Humanity International. |
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5’ |
CLOSING |
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17:25-17:30 [5’] |
Closing remarks. |
Ms. Annika Lindblom, Director for international and EU affairs in the Ministry of the Environment of Finland |
Take Part:
Attend:
Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), Room 2.2, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Online:
Join the live session stream online, and watch the youtube upload after the event
Supporting Information:
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Contact:
For further queries, please contact the session liaison:
Silvana Loayza León, One Planet Network Secretariat
CONTACT INFORMATION
oneplanet@un.org
