Science Friday: How The World Of Building Materials Is Responding To Climate Change
In order to slow a warming planet, nearly every industry will be forced to adapt: airlines, fashion, and even the unglamorous and often overlooked building materials sector. Just like the farm to table movement, consumers are increasingly thinking about where the raw...
CLF Continues Research on Embodied Carbon from Road Infrastructure
by Milad Ashtiani, Researcher, Carbon Leadership Forum There are about 4 million miles of public roads in the US. That’s approximately 8.3 million ‘lane-miles’. That means we can pave about 2,000 two-lane highways around the earth’s equator just by stretching out the...
Carbon Reflections: Staying Busy, Staying Cool
by Brad Benke Researcher, Carbon Leadership Forum Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Limits to Growth which, at the time, presented some controversial findings about our planet’s trajectory. Many of the predictions in the book have proven to...
C40 Clean Construction Webinar: Understanding Carbon Reduction Potential of City Policies
C40 Clean Construction and Carbon Leadership Forum are pleased to invite you to an open webinar featuring the cities of Austin, New York and Portland on: Understanding the carbon-saving potential of city policies: spotlight on the Embodied Carbon Reduction Policy...