Publishings

The world will warm by 3.2°C this century even if all the policies to cut carbon that governments have so far adopted were fully implemented.  The high overshoot will increase climate risks for vulnerable regions and societies, causing unprecedented heatwaves, terrifying storms, and widespread water shortages and irrev ...

The global construction industry is the world’s largest consumer of raw materials.  Construction accounts for 25%–40% of total carbon emissions globally.  Companies across all sectors of the construction value chain are embedding sustainability into their operations and products, developing innovative green products, a ...

Architecture and architects play a major role in developing sustainable cities and the built environment to achieve the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  This extensive collection of architectural projects across the world illustrates how architecture and architects can contribute to each of the SDGs.  The 8 ...

Dependency of the European Union on energy imports is 60%.  In 2021, Russia made up 45% of the EU's imported gas, costing €1 billion daily despite sanctions.  While energy markets will remain very tight, Europe must effectively diversify supplies from its current main supplier (Russia) and look for new solutions to mee ...

The Smart City Hospitality Framework can serve as the foundation for a destination-design-driven approach to urban tourism governance and dealing with overtourism.  It is intended to stimulate collaboration on solutions to overtourism and urban tourism development and facilitate discussing and analyzing the relationshi ...