Improving Buildings and Lives Across Latin America – with Women as Leaders
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While our region represents a dazzling diversity of cultures, climate and innovation, it also faces huge environmental, social and economic challenges.
Ensuring the Habitats of Future Generations through Green Buildings
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Three weeks ago, 22 cities and four regions spanning six continents joined with 12 leading businesses to make a groundbreaking commitment on climate action for buildings, a commitment that will improve the lives of millions.
For Green Building Week: How Women Can Fight Climate Change, Starting at Home
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Women are more likely to be affected by climate change than men, and up to 80% of those displaced by climate change are women.
Advancing Net Zero: Why Green Building is Crucial in the Fight Against Climate Change
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The effects of climate-related events are shifting the environment, altering communities and changing lives; especially, and disproportionately, those of women.
Celebrating Diversity on Africa Day: What Green Building Means for African Communities
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While climate change is a global problem, African countries are likely to feel the effects most acutely and women are the most vulnerable of all, as a result of their dependence on the natural resources that are threatened by climate change.
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For Many Women, Clean Water Means Safety, Freedom
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At the World Summit on Sustainable Development, an agreement was reached to promote clean water and sanitation facilities throughout developing nations, a pact that could have a profound impact on women’s lives.