Paris, March 17, 2025 (AFP) - 'More and faster': UN calls to shrink buildings' carbon footprint

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2025-03-17

Countries must move rapidly to slash CO2 emissions from homes, offices, shops and other buildings -- a sector that accounts for a third of global greenhouse gas pollution, the United Nations said Monday. Carbon dioxide emissions from the building sector rose around five percent in the last decade when they should have fallen 28 percent, according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It said emissions had plat......

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