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Session Description
Communities worldwide are grappling with challenges in housing delivery while ensuring structures are resilient to current and future climate risks and address sustainability, public health, and equity needs. This session will explore innovative solutions from around the globe.
Drawing on compelling case studies, the session will map out actionable pathways across key levers of change: policy reform, market transformation, action-oriented research, capacity building, codes and standards, and the integration of health and well-being into building strategies.
This roundtable will spotlight how pioneering stakeholders from the Global South are leading efforts to build climate-resilient homes, and how leaders worldwide are leveraging emerging practices such as off-site construction to support disaster recovery, resilience, and sustainability.
Agenda
| Item | Presenters | Timing |
1. Welcome and Introduction | Judy Zakreski, Senior VP, Global Operations & Solutions, International Code Council | 2 mins |
2. Framing conversation and presenting key figures about housing affordability in Europe | Yves-Laurent Sapoval, Ministerial delegate for sustainable cities-Urban Envoy, Ministries of Territories, Ecology and Housing, France - Chair of ICBC | 10 mins |
3. Short Case Study Presentations: ICC: Affordability & resilience through offsite construction GBPN: Healthy Building Guidelines in India Build Change: The Global Case for Retrofitting Informal Housing IHRB: Inclusive building decarbonisation in Catalunya | Ryan M. Colker, Executive Director, Energy, Resilience & Innovation, International Code Council Guilherme Luiz Canzian Marion, MSc in Construction Management and Economics, PhD Student at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil Dr. Sunita Purushottam, India Managing Director, GBPN Ariana Karamallis, Global Advocacy & Development Manager, Build Change Haley St Dennis, Head of Just Transitions, Institute for Human Rights and Business | 30 mins |
4. Round Table Discussion with Case Study Presenters |
| 40 mins |
| 5. Closing Remarks/Takeaways | Kennedy Matheka, Deputy Director, Buildings Safety, Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing & Urban Development, Kenya | 7 mins |
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