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The UK has lost its position on climate leadership, says a new report by the Committee on Climate Change, which expresses doubts Britain will meet its net zero targets – particularly when it comes to buildings.

The new guide provides a blueprint on how the construction industry can react to the climate emergency.

In a CIAT collaborative event at Futurebuild 2020, key representatives from built and natural environment institutions and associations came together to lay out plans of action to mitigate against climate change.

CIAT has been approached to provide knowledge and opinions on the development of a new BSI Flex for a competence framework for sustainability in the built environment.

The built environment sector is the UK’s biggest consumer of natural resources

The Construction Industry Council's (CIC) 'Carbon Zero: the professional institutions' climate action plan' has now reached 40 signatories, of which CIAT is one.

CIAT’s Climate Society is currently undertaking a programme of work exploring the new UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard, and considering whether CIAT should endorse the Standard and/or support members and affiliates to deliver against it.

Ben Derbyshire has joined the UKGBC in urging designers to join planned industrial action on 20 September.

The Climate Society will be holding its next meeting next week.

UKGBC has launched the first guidance of its kind to detail how the UK's built environment will be impacted by climate hazards and how it can adapt.

As part of its work implementing the Roadmap to Recovery Plan, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has given its backing to a National Retrofit Strategy, issued for consultation.

The latest Building Insights LIVE round table focused on the circular economy in construction, featuring Chris Halligan MCIAT representing CIAT and its Climate Society.

CIAT has contributed to a new report by Green Alliance that strives to find out how we can shift to a more circular building industry.

Planning policy should be changed to ensure projects are only approved when strict national carbon targets have been taken into account, a panel of experts has urged.

In our latest blog, Jack Fleming, CIAT Policy and Public Affairs Executive, makes the case for a National Retrofit Programme with design at its core.

World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) launches update to the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment

UKGBC says the framework is intended to provide greater clarity on how the built environment sector can contribute to the global goal of halting and reversing nature loss through practical and scalable actions.

Over a hundred construction professionals representing leading architecture and engineering firms, academia and NGOs have joined together to launch a new Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide, which aims to provide a blueprint for how we can retrofit our homes to support the UK's net zero targets.