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Sufficiency and Heritage: Learning from the past, Building Lightly in the Present
| 15:30-17:00 Belém time zone GMT-3
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COP30 Buildings and Cooling pavilion, International Code Council, PV-C82, Blue zone, Bélem, Brazil

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Session Description

Solution to new problems does not necessarily mean inventing new answers. It sometimes requires looking back at old solutions that worked perfectly in the past. Decarbonizing climate change urbanisms  investigated native science practises by the Yoruba ethnic, with historical reverberations across the Atlantic to South and Central America from colonial times. Outcomes show that cultural-led customs in the reservation of large sacred/heritage forests contributed positively to clean water, biodiversity preservation  and carbon sequestration benefits for people and climate well-being.

Sufficiency minimizes resource demand within planetary limits through strategies like reusing vacant spaces and limiting floor space per person, lowering environmental impacts while improving well-being.

The Sufficiency Action Hub (GlobalABC/ADEME, Activation Group 12) will present tools to approach and implement sufficiency mindfully. Decarbonizing Buildings Through Heritage (DBTH) (Activation Group 19) will launch Heritage Now!, emphasizing how knowledge intrinsic to heritage buildings, use of waste as a resource, place-based solutions and indigenous practices can help decarbonize buildings. The CNOA will showcase an Amazonian stilt-house prototype merging vernacular architecture with low-carbon design.

Finally, a roundtable of experts will deepen our reflection, followed by audience Q&A.

This event addresses COP30 objectives IV and V, contributing to systems transformation.

 

Agenda

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Introduction / moderator 

John Creamer, sufficiency action hub technical lead, A4MT

 

 

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15:30 - OPENING 

Introduction of the principles of sufficiency

  • John Creamer, technical lead of the Sufficiency Action Hub, A4MT

 

15:35 - SUFFICENCY ACTION HUB PRESENTATION

Presentation of ongoing works from the Sufficiency Action Hub

 

  • Cédric Borel, Managing Director, A4MT and Global ABC Sustainability Hub Co-Chair 

 

15:50 - GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL KEYNOTE 

  • Vinicius Gurtler da Rosa, Ministry of Culture of Brazil

 

15:58 - Launch: Decarbonizing the Built Environment through Heritage

  • Lori Ferriss: AIA, PE, LEED AP BD+C
  • Billie Faircloth, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C
  • Mokọ́ládé Johnson, PhD, MNIA

 

16:23 - Palafitas: Living with Water in the Amazon

  • David Fontcuberta, CNOA
  • Caroline MARIE-CALIXTE, CNOA

 

16:35 - ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

  • Claudia Khuloud Ali - Saudi Green Building Forum (5min)

On behalf of Faisal Alfadl.

  • "How can the principles of sufficiency and heritage inform new built environment responses to our climate crisis?"
  • Dalal Al-Hindi - Ministry of Environment of Saudi Arabia (5min)
  • "How can ministries move from efficiency targets to sufficiency thresholds?"
  • Stéphane Pouffray - ENERGIES 2050 (5min)
  • "How can governance turn sufficiency from principle into practice?"

 

16:50 - Public Open Questions

 

 

17:00 - Conclusion


 

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