ACR+ supports the actions stated under Human Settlements Waste and Consumption Area and implements the “More Circularity, Less Carbon campaign” inviting local governments to set an ambitious target: reduce the emissions linked with local resource management by 25% by 2025. With the support of ACR+ Secretariat, participating local governments benefit from the Carbon Metric International tool developed by Zero Waste Scotland. This instrument measures the whole life carbon impacts of waste, including emissions from resource extraction and manufacturing of the products that turned into waste. This type of carbon accounting gives a more complete picture of the impacts of products, allowing decision makers to prioritize their efforts for maximum carbon savings. 

BIM Africa is a community of professionals passionate about the digital transformation of the built environment across Africa, advocating for progressive actions towards achieving net-zero carbon, efficient and resilient human settlements. We see the Human Settlement Pathway as a call to action to all stakeholders to work collaboratively to achieve the Paris Climate Goals.  

With 70% of global population expected to live in cities by 2050 and bear the brunt of the climate crisis, it is critical that we get them right. The vision of a 1.5 degree resilient and equitable world and of a green and just recovery cannot be realised without cities at the heart of this transition. Buildings in particular help define our cities – from iconic skylines to historic architecture. They are where we live, work, study and play. Leading cities are already taking ambitious action to put new buildings on a pathway to net-zero with at least 50% reduction in embodied emissions by 2030, and all buildings net-zero across the whole lifecycle before 2050. 

City of Turku supports the actions stated under the Human Settlements Waste and Consumption Area and implements these actions through the Circular Turku – roadmap to resource-wisdom by identifying and executing major circular economy interventions that boost transition towards a society of no waste, no emissions and sustainable use of natural resources. Majority of the actions under each intervention are city-led but identify means and incentives for different actors to participate. Social equity scoping for each intervention will be done in order to enable just transition and participation from different actors of the society. 

FMDV has been supporting the recognition and the implementation of transformative solutions in cities. Unlocking climate financing at the subnational level is a prerequisite to achieve the Paris agreement goals as Cities are key game changers in the transition to net zero emissions. (Action table p3). A total of USD 90,000 billion is needed by 2030 to bridge the urban infrastructure investment gap to mitigate global warming to 2°C. However, less than 10% of international climate finance is currently allocated to local investments. In order to bridge this financial gap, the Human Settlement Pathway promotes systemic transformative policies and instruments to unlock climate finance at the subnational level, in particular domestic financial intermediaries such as Subnational Development Banks and Financial Expertise Hubs that support cities in climate financial engineering Statement to follow.

The Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction is honored to co-lead the Built Environment track for the Human Settlements Pathway. This document invites radical collaboration by all stakeholders across the value chain, laying out the vision and the key actions that each one has to play in decarbonizing Human Settlements. The GlobalABC will continue to contribute with thought leadership, our flagship products such as the Regional Roadmaps for Buildings and Construction, advocacy in high-level political fora and the mobilization of our membership. Along with the Race To Zero and Race To Resilience processes, the Human Settlements Pathway supports the delivery of the Paris-compliant future we need.

ICLEI has co-authored the Human Settlements Pathway and supports all actions stated under the Human Settlements Waste and Consumption Area. ICLEI implements the actions towards Zero Waste Cities with the ICLEI Circulars Platform, the Circle City Scan Tool and the Circular Cities Declaration. ICLEI implements the actions under the 1.5° Living action area with the Urban Transitions Alliance, Green Circular Cities Coalition, and the Climate Neutrality Framework. The actions under the social equity action area are implemented by ICLEI through the Circular Jobs Initiative and the Urban Transitions Alliance. 

The Global Climate Action Pathway for built environment provides a comprehensive blueprint for our sector to deliver on its vision of a net zero and resilient world in 2040s. JLL is fully committed to this vision and encourages each player within this ecosystem to follow this pathway. Only through bold and collective action, we can achieve the near term critical breakthrough in the Race to Zero. 

Living Prospects Ltd supports the actions stated under the Human Settlements Waste and Consumption Area and implements the action “Zero waste cities” through the locally-led initiatives: 

• WASTE RREACT, by implementing diverse recycling systems in seven Western Balkan regions, 
• E-HORECA WANET, by promoting a complementary sustainable waste management system for city economies based on tourism in Greece and Albania, and 
• ECOWAVES, by promoting city-port waste management systems in the Adriatic sea. 

Reall co-authored this pathway and fully support its recommendations in alignment with the wider objectives of the Race to Zero and Race to Resilience. Reall, through its role as an innovator and investor in climate-smart affordable housing across Africa and Asia, are committed to accelerating the transition to a net-zero built environment, whilst building resilience for communities most exposed to the risks of climate change. 

The Resilience Shift, as a co-author of the Global Climate Action Pathway for Human Settlements, is proud to endorse it. We are keenly aware of the increasingly complex challenges and deep uncertainties that threaten the safety of critical infrastructure and the essential services it provides. We encourage all actors within this ecosystem, including policymakers, investors, asset operators, engineers, and end users, to adopt the actions in the Pathway to achieve a resilient and safe world. 

We build new knowledge and drive the acceptance of best practices, including adoption of resilience standards and codes in infrastructure and in business, across the entire value chain e.g. in our Infrastructure Pathways guidance, and through our strategic partnership with Resilience First. The Pathway asks that communities share knowledge to increase awareness and preparedness for unexpected events, which aligns with our core mission, and we encourage all actors to adopt these actions. 

The Global Climate Action Pathway for Human Settlements – Waste and Consumption Area – captures the best thinking and sets practical measures to envisage a transition to a resilient, zero carbon and circular economy. The UNEP-MAP Regional Activity Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production supports its vision and encourages players within its ecosystem to follow this path, for as a critical near-term transition to sustainable consumption and production patterns. 

The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra supports the actions stated under the Human Settlements Waste and Consumption Area and empowers good life towards 1.5ºC living through the Shift 1.5 Initiative. 

SIWI, as a water focal point organization in the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action and lead author of the Climate Action Pathway for Water, supports the Human Settlements Pathway’s vision and ambitions for a zero-carbon, climate resilient future. We worked collaboratively with the authors of this Pathway to align the two pathways and to identify synergies and cross-benefits. We believe that successful implementation of this Pathway is crucial to that of the Water Pathway, and vice versa. In this spirit, we encourage all stakeholders to support and drive 2021, 2025, 2030, and 2040 actions identified in this Climate Action Pathway. 

The Global Climate Action Pathways for built environment and waste and consumption give important impulses for all decision-makers and stakeholders on the ground-breaking changes needed for the transformation to sustainable consumption and production (SCP). The SWITCH-Asia SCP Facility supports all activities, at global, national and sub-national level that tackle these issues with the needed urgency and comprehensiveness. 

Just transitions to circular and resource efficient economies driven by sustainable consumption and production patterns, inclusive and sustainable industrialization pathways and eco-innovation significantly contributes to combatting climate change, slowing down, and reversing biodiversity loss and pollution, while creating enabling conditions for business and decent jobs. The SwitchMed programme endorses The Global Climate Action Pathway for Waste and Consumption, encouraging each player within its ecosystem to follow its recommendations. 

The UN One Planet Network Sustainable Public Procurement Programme supports the actions stated under the Human Settlements Waste and Consumption Area and emphasises the crucial role of implementing sustainable procurement as a tool for climate action. 

WBCSD endorses the Human Settlements Built Environment pathway as it calls for a holistic and lifecycle-based approach to reaching a net-zero built environment. Businesses, financial institutes and policymakers can rally behind this common vision and drive mutually reinforcing action, critical to transforming this market. To reach the targets outlined in the report, we need collaboration across the value chain and support from conducive policies. 

As a co-author for the Human Settlements Pathway, the World Green Building Council encourages every actor within the value chain to play their part in accelerating the Race to Zero, Race to Resilience and frontrunner leadership to achieve the critical breakthrough ambition.  
 
This Pathway supports our ambition to catalyse a net zero carbon, healthy, equitable and resilient built environment for everyone, everywhere.

Zero Waste Europe supports the actions stated under the Zero Waste Cities sub-sector within the Human Settlements Waste and Consumption Area and implements these policies through our Zero Waste Cities programme and by supporting cities to receive the Zero Waste Cities Certification.