UNEP, GlobalABC, and Yale CEA Report

BUILDING MATERIALS
& THE CLIMATE

CONSTRUCTING A NEW FUTURE

1

BUILDING
MATERIALS

Are Set to Dominate
Climate Change

2

LIFE CYCLE
THINKING

Decarbonization Requires
 a Whole Life-Cycle Approach

3

AVOID

Waste by Reusing and  
Building with Less

4

Shift

to Bio-based Building Materials

5

Improve

Conventional Building
Materials and Processes

6

Tools

for Assessing Carbon Impact
Across the Building Life Cycle

7

Policy

Recommendations for
Decarbonizing Materials in
the Global Building Sector

8

Conclusion

And Discussion

9

Annexes

And Maps