The Zero Carbon and Climate Resilience Readiness Framework (ZCCRRF) is a WorldGBC regional project that provides a first step on the route towards the decarbonisation of the built environment and achieving energy efficient and resilient buildings.
Led by the WorldGBC and our network of local Green Building Councils (GBCs) and with the support of the Americas Regional Partners, this project aims to assess the level of preparedness of the construction market and value chain key stakeholders to assume the path to enhance energy efficiency, decarbonisation, and climate resilience through the design of enabling actions (readiness goals) based on the early identification of local opportunities (key actions) and gaps (challenges) at a national level.
This design of the enabling actions to promote building decarbonisation and climate resilience is developed with the collaboration of the buildings and construction value chain considering all sectors: public, private, financial and society.
The project gathers the perception and proposals of local and regional stakeholders through surveying, roundtables and collaborative workshops. Currently, eight GBCs from the Americas are part of this regional project: El Salvador, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela, Panamá, Mexico, Guatemala and Chile.
Decision making and formulation of effective policies to enhance local and regional context.
Leveraging local capabilities to implement affordable technical solutions.
Incentives and sustainable financing to promote the achievement of objectives and goals.
Transparency and use of information as a basis for defining decarbonisation potential.
Resilience, leadership, innovation, and creativity are needed for the involvement of key actors and the promotion of change.
In the Americas, Colombia Green Building Council has developed a national decarbonisation roadmap, a resilience roadmap and two subnational plans for the cities of Bogotá and Cali.
The outcome of this project will enable local GBCs to work more effectively with policymakers, private companies, financial institutions, academic institutions and society to develop national roadmaps. This will bolster the progress towards a decarbonised and resilient built environment in the region.
In 2024, WorldGBC and Green Building Councils in the Americas region started the rollout of the Zero Carbon and Climate Resilience Readiness Framework (ZCCRRF), establishing a shared baseline for zero carbon and climate resilient buildings. Through the Readiness Framework, Green Building Councils collectively engaged more than 420 building and construction stakeholders at a regional level to map out the priority readiness goals across government leadership, technical solutions, finance, data and mindset — creating a clear picture to assess market readiness and identify shared challenges and opportunities for the building sector.
In 2025, the focus shifted from analysis to action. Countries across the region translated the regional findings into nationally relevant priorities, convening multi‑stakeholder workshops to validate readiness goals and define concrete enabling actions, indicators and early pilots. This phase of work is captured in the ‘Building the Transition: Transforming Buildings and Construction in Latin America’ (Part 1: Mapping the Landscape) report. This work anchored regional ambition in national contexts and aligned proposed actions with policy, finance and implementation pathways.
By 2026, this process has delivered a set of nationally validated enabling actions matrices across participating countries, alongside a regional synthesis highlighting the most repeated and cross‑cutting actions. Together, these outcomes provide a practical bridge between regional strategy and country‑level delivery, supporting the development of national roadmaps and alignment with global climate commitments.
For further information, national plans are available below.
