GLASGOW: Building Materials and bioeconomy in the Global Climate Agenda

The OPN Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme will launch its Circular Built Environment reports from the Global South in a Side Event organized together with the Nordic Council of Ministers. The importance of building materials will be discussed and action points for collaboration debated.

The panel debates

• The importance of embodied carbon in building materials in climate mitigation
• The challenges of using local materials in emerging economies
• Global opportunities for circularity
• Good case study examples from around the globe

Opening: Krista Mikkonen, Minister of the Environment, Finland

Keynote: Matti Kuittinen, Senior Advisor, Ministry of the Environment, Finland

Moderator: Mark Isitt

Panel: 

• Victoria Burrows, World Green Building Council.
• Christina Cheong, Global Green Growth Institute
• Matti Kuittinen, Ministry of the Environment, Finland

Launch of the Circular Built Environment reports from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Organizer: Ministry of the Environment, Finland

Co-organizers: Nordic Council of Ministers

Timezone: GMT

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