Getting the Buildings Sector to Net Zero: Brick by Brick
 

Organisers:  UNFCCC Secretariat, Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB)

Location:  Capacity-building Hub (Blue Zone, COP27)

Date: Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 15:45- 16:45 (GMT+2)

Webcast link: TBD

Buildings and construction make up 37% of energy-related CO2 emissions globally. This event shows the sector’s critical role in enhancing climate action and reporting under the Paris Agreement.

In the face of the climate emergency, the building and construction sector needs to assume a vital role in leading the shift to low-emissions and climate-resilient development. So far, this sector is lagging behind. There is an urgent need to measure and report existing emissions and the actions implemented or planned to reduce them.

The recently published UNFCCC Buildings Monitoring Compendium supports developing countries in enhancing their knowledge on sectoral GHG emissions, emissions reduction target-setting and the design of mitigation and adaptation policies and measures. It supports countries to implement the Paris Agreement’s enhanced transparency framework (ETF) and contribute to the global stocktake process.

The UNFCCC secretariat and PEEB will discuss with experts and country representatives about their experiences in designing and supporting climate action in the building and construction sector.

Programme

• Welcome, presentations and icebreaker (using Menti, based on NDC synthesis and PEEB publication): Moderator: Mariana Castaño Cano, PEEB
• Setting the scene: buildings & climate change (Anna Zinecker, PEEB/GIZ (online)
  • Relevance of the sector for curbing emissions
  • What is needed to get the buildings sector to net zero? From building materials to adaptation
• Follow up question (Moderator)
• ETF and Global Stocktake in the context of NDCs and the SDGs: Marlan Pillay, UNFCCC
• Follow up question: Moderator
• Transparency: how to monitor emissions from buildings for climate impact and mobilizing finance (UNFCCC Monitoring Compendium and new PEEB paper): Stefan Wehner, The Greenwerk (online)

Country 1: Tunisia

• Understanding emissions from buildings
• Mitigation in the buildings sector
• Leveraging international cooperation for national climate action
• Reflection on urgency to go the extra mile and challenges to it

Country 2: France

• Climate legislation in the buildings sector

International support for climate action in the buildings sector

• Reflection on urgency to go the extra mile and challenges to it

Q-A with the audience and the five panelists

Wrap up and call to action