Decarbonising UK real estate: Recommendations for policy reform [Electronic resource]
Language: English Series: RICS Policy PaperPublication details: London, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, November 2022Description: 42pISBN:- 9781783214884
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Online material | Virtual Online | SCAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Please contact knowledge@rics.org to request a digital copy |
Removed from RICS.org on publication of the 2023 addendum ISBN 9781783215096
This report outlines the main policy reforms needed to accelerate the reduction of both embodied and operational carbon emissions arising from real estate in line with national decarbonisation targets.Through the Nationally Determined Contribution and the amended Climate Change Act 2008, the UK has committed to reducing its emissions by at least 68% by 2030 (in comparison to 1990 levels), and to reach net zero carbon by 2050