On the 20th June 2019 representatives from 25 built and natural environment and other stakeholder organisations met with the Chair of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), Lord Deben, to discuss the need for action in the face of climate breakdown. The meeting accepted in full the CCC’s recommendations in their May 2019 report that the UK must and would be able to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and welcomed the Government’s announcement that this was shortly to be enshrined in legislation.

The following organisations* have now agreed to collaborate on an urgent and concerted response to achieving the 2050 target; to continue to work together to establish shared standards and practice; and to continue to develop professional resources, capacity and competencies within the sector capable of meeting that aim both domestically and internationally. The organisations have accepted the invitation of the CCC to co-operate on meeting the UK net zero carbon objectives.

• British Standards Institution (BSI)

• Commonwealth Association of Architects

• Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE)

• Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT)

• Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)

• Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)

• Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)

• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)

• Construction Products Association (CPA)

• Forum for the Future

• Good Homes Alliance

• InnovateUK

• Institute of Chartered Foresters+

• Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA)

• Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

• Institution of Structural Engineers

• Landscape Institute

• Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

• Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)

• Society for the Environment (SocEnv)

• the Edge

• UK Built Environment Advisory Group

• UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)

• University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

+ Institutions added following issue of Press Statement

Downloads:

Edge Climate Action Round Table Press Statement 190701

Committee on Climate Change Net Zero report

UKGBC - Net Zero Carbon Buildings: A Framework Definition

Green Sky Thinking Spotlight Green Debate

In collaboration with London South Bank University and Open-City

‘Educating the Industry’ is Green Sky Thinking’s spotlight Green Debate in partnership with the Edge Debate Series and LSBU.
Tackling the green-skills gap of mid-career professionals and the ramifications for their leadership in the next 30 years.

How do we educate the construction industry to enable the rapid delivery of low carbon retrofits of existing buildings in order to reach the UK’s 2050 carbon emissions targets?
- What technical skills do mid-career professionals need?
- What non-technical skills do they need?
- How can professionals be motivated to develop the necessary skills?
- What are the best ways to deliver them?
- How should young people already trained in sustainability engage with earlier generations who are not?
- What does the role of a ‘retrofit coordinator’ look like? How do we make it mainstream and what is the role of universities and the industry in developing it?

Introduction: David Ball, Chairman, David Ball Group



Chair: Clare Wildfire, Director, Mott MacDonald

Panel:
Charles Egbu, Dean, School of the Built Environment and Architecture, LSBU
Gavin Killip, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Tom Dollard, Pollard Thomas Edwards, Zero Carbon Hub
David Adams, Willmott Dixon Energy Services

Venue:
Keyworth Events Theatre, London Southbank University
Keyworth Centre, 21 Keyworth Street, London SE1 6NG

Timing:
Debate 6.30pm for 7.00pm – 8.30pm

The debate will be followed by a wine reception and networking.

To attend please register on the Green Sky Thinking website

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Edge Debate 68: Invitation sheet