Global construction carbon footprint set to double by 2050

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Oct 27, 2025, 12:08 pm70 pts
As the world marks UN World Cities Day on 31 October—a call to make cities more sustainable—a new international study published in Communications Earth & Environment warns that the global construction sector's carbon footprint is on track to double by 2050, threatening to derail efforts to meet the Paris…

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