Join us for our third event of our Africa Manifesto event series, a Circular Materials Tour and Interdisciplinary Design Workshop at the Habitat Research and Development Center on August 20th! 🌍🔄 Explore innovative uses of circular materials and unleash your creativity in our interactive design session.
Ask yourself this: How can we embed water circularity into our projects to manage water more effectively? If we redefine water as a resource for value creation and implement circular principles across the world, we could unlock $4.5 trillion of value. Water is one of our most valuable resources. However, the hashtag#builtenvironment is putting increasing […]
This World Green Building Week, from 9–13 September 2024, we’re calling on the global building and construction sector to accelerate the transition for a healthy planet and a better future for all. Led by a network of over 75 national Green Building Councils (GBCs) and their 46,000 members, the week-long campaign will show how through […]
PLGBC Green Building Summit is one of the most recognisable and opinion-forming international event for all those who shape the future of sustainable construction, architecture and real estate in Poland. This is where they share best practices and inspirations, learn and improve. Think about (RE)generation Thinking about REgeneration at the event, we pay attention to meeting […]
The forum is a platform that takes place annually alongside the Arabia CSR Awards. It is the region’s premier convention on CSR and sustainability. It attracts leaders, thinkers, evangelists, practitioners and policy makers from all over the globe. The forum targets latest themes, topics and debates around CSR and sustainability, illuminating minds and motivating adoption […]
Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), an international treaty adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Its objective is to establish agendas, commitments and frameworks […]
Now in its fifth year, the Net Zero Festival remains free to attend and will feature over 150 expert speakers, scores of exhibitors, and a series of keynote speeches, panel discussions, case studies, and workshops. Building on the success of last year’s Festival, which saw over 1,500 delegates from across the green economy in attendance each day, […]
Our cities and built environments have profound impacts on people and planet. Where people live and work, how they get from one place to another, and the level of access they have to basic services and infrastructure all have impacts not only on quality of life but on climate change and biodiversity as well. Please […]
As part of the #BuildingToCOP coalition, WorldGBC joins leaders from across the sector who are promoting the built environment’s potential in accelerating the transition to a healthy, safe and resilient future. The #BuildingToCOP Forums hosted by WorldGBC are open events where the coalition discusses developments and solutions ahead of COP29. The next forum will take place on 31 […]
The Twelfth Session of the World Urban Forum WUF12, convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), will take place in Cairo, Egypt, from 4 - 8 November 2024, returning to the African continent after more than 20 years after its inception in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2002.
Green Building Convention 2024 Century City Conference Centre, Cape Town, Annual Convention Our constructed surroundings play a critical role in the worldwide battle against climate change, accounting for 38% of all carbon emissions, both in terms of construction and ongoing operations. These environments shape our living, learning, working, and recreational spaces, significantly affecting individual and […]
We're getting ready for the World Urban Forum #WUF12 and you’re invited to join us.On 7 November 2024, 13:00 EET, WorldGBC and OECD Development Centre will co-host an event at this annual global conference, dedicated to sustainable urbanisation, held in Cairo, Egypt.The in person event ‘Pathways to Net Zero: System innovations for emerging urban centres […]
The Government of Azerbaijan will host the 29th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 29), with a view to building on previous successes and paving the way for future ambition to effectively tackle the global challenge of climate change. The meeting comprises the twenty-ninth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 29), […]
Green building congress attracts a pre-screened audience of attendees who are potential leads eager to engage in real-time interaction. The event brings together sustainability experts from all over the world, including architects, building owners, property managers, specifiers/consultants, and corporate sustainability end-users who are looking for innovative solutions to overcome their challenges. The Green building congress […]
This day will be focused on unlocking finance for adaptation. If you are a policymaker or regulator; a private, public or development finance professional or a capacity builder, join this day to learn what really works in terms of innovative tools, methodologies, and best practices to mobilise capital to operationalise and finance National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). Expect dynamic […]
Multilevel Action & Urbanization Pavilion
Health Pavilion
World Climate Foundation Convention Centre, Baku
Explore the challenge of equipping the global built environment community with the right knowledge, skills, standards and tools to implement sustainable, resilient and just solutions. There will be a special focus on empowering marginalised and underrepresented groups with perspectives from the Global South and North.
'Shaping a sustainable future: The built and natural environment’s journey' Introducing an exclusive event from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Global Sustainability conference provides an opportunity for key stakeholders to engage in critical discussions on latest sustainability practices in the built and natural environment. Featuring a line-up of keynotes, panel discussions and […]
