How can the construction industry serve the needs of a society threatened by climate change?
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Mike Cook
(Buro Happold Ltd., London, UK; Adjunct Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, London; Chair of the IStructE Climate Emergency Task Group)
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 September 2021 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Ghent 2021 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 25-32 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/ghent.2021.0025 | ||||
| Abstract: |
Construction serves the needs of society with infrastructure that provides safe and healthy places in which to live, work, learn and play, with transport that serves trade and leisure, and with industries that drive our economic prosperity. Yet in serving important societal needs, construction has also been a major contributor to the degradation of the planet’s natural resources and acceleration of climate change. These harmful impacts are now threatening human prosperity and safety. The Henderson Colloquium, organised by IABSE UK in September 2020, asked key players across multiple sectors of the construction industry this question: How can the construction industry serve the future needs of a society threatened by climate change? The discussions revealed the need for deep-seated change across all elements of the industry including our business models, our professional institutions, education, and government policy. These outcomes are being shared in this paper to stimulate thinking in a wider, international forum of construction professionals. |
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| Keywords: |
construction climate change built environment Societal Needs Henderson Colloquium uniting vision drivers for transformation decarbonisation industry leadership global responsibility
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| Copyright: | © 2021 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) | ||||
| License: | This creative work is copyrighted material and may not be used without explicit approval by the author and/or copyright owner. |
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