At the Fourth United Nations Environment Conference, held in Nairobi, Kenya, in March 2019, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released the sixth global environment outlook (geo6), which was prepared by 252 scientists and experts from more than 70 countries. It is the only comprehensive assessment report on the global environment in the world. Its theme is “changing our way forward”: there is a way to achieve the health of the earth and then achieve sustainable development. On the issue of urbanization, the report points out that by improving governance effectiveness, improving land planning and increasing green infrastructure, urbanization can reduce environmental impact and improve residents’ well-being.
Joyce msuya, acting executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme, said: “global resource outlook 2019” shows that human beings are grabbing the earth’s grease without restraint, and these short-sighted behaviors are leading to climate change and biodiversity loss; resource efficiency is crucial, according to the report. Joyce said It is necessary to extend the life cycle of products, strengthen the design and standardization of intelligent products, and promote the recycling and remanufacturing mode to promote the current social transformation from linear economy to circular economy; countries that give priority to low-carbon and resource-saving practices may gain competitive advantages in the future global economy; and help to control global warming and protect the 1.5 ° C target of the Paris climate agreement in the 21st century.
Green building will greatly reduce the negative impact on the environment and climate. In December 2020, UN Secretary General Guterres delivered a speech at the “status quo of our planet” activity held at Columbia University in the United States, pointing out that the central goal of the United Nations in 2021 is to establish a real global carbon neutral alliance. In 2021, the year of the opening of China’s “14th Five-Year”, President Xi Jinping made a statement at the September 2020 general meeting of the United Nations that China should achieve the important instructions of “2030 carbon peak and 2060 carbon neutral” (30 / 60) carbon dioxide target. According to the statistics of the International Energy Agency, the construction industry is the world’s largest end-user of energy, and generating nearly 40% of the global carbon emissions. The “China Building Energy Consumption Research Report 2020” shows that in 2018, the total energy consumption of China’s buildings in the whole process is 2.147 billion TCE, accounting for 46.5% of China’s total energy consumption; in 2018, the total carbon emissions of China’s buildings in the whole process is 4.93 billion tCO2, Accounting for 51.3% of China’s carbon emissions; building energy conservation and emission reduction will greatly promote the overall carbon peak and carbon neutral pace of progress!
Launched by Global Collaborative Sharing Foundation and GreenGuard Labs headquarters in Vancouver, and GKE Foundation headquarters in New York City, the project aims to create favorable conditions for the promotion of innovative technologies and processes in the fields of green building materials and construction, renewable energy and circular economy with transformative potential, and promote the development of green building, green energy and sustainable innovative technologies and processes, so as to make an important contribution to global response to climate and environmental extreme changes. The innovative technology, process and contribution award of “green building 100 awards” is held every year. The green building 100 Award project is a global selection of green construction and environmental protection enterprises and leaders with the typical characteristics of low-carbon, energy-saving, healthy and intelligent, sustainable and digital innovation and technology. We are committed to exploring transformative low-carbon environmental protection technologies with great potential for energy conservation and emission reduction, and assist the selected enterprises to formulate comprehensive business plans, actively participate in investment and financing, promote their innovative technologies step by step, and act as a global pioneer in the field of sustainable and digital technology innovation in green building and environmental protection industry.
As one of the world’s flagship projects in the field of green building and green energy industry energy-saving and low-carbon environmental protection technology innovation in the future, the green building 100 Award project will be promoted to all countries in the world, and plans to land in major cities in the world in the future. In the future, the green building 100 Award project will become an international green building green energy saving and low carbon innovation platform: at the international level, it will gather and display the high-quality low-carbon energy-saving, sustainable and digital innovative technologies of different countries, and promote the international exchange, transfer and promotion; the green building 100 Award project will be officially launched in 2020, and will cooperate with the green construction, green energy and circular economy of major cities in the world Industry associations, industrial parks, scientific research and investment and financing institutions, etc. have been working closely together in major cities around the world to cooperate with many relevant institutions that have reached consensus on environmental protection to jointly help improve and promote the technology promotion, financing and market development of green construction and environmental protection innovative enterprises.