by Graham Pontin | Oct 28, 2021 | All Content, State of the World
Net Zero. It could be argued that we have only just begun, but such ambitions were set decades ago. Yes, to hit a target you first have to create one and to reach that target you have to gain acceptance, political support, industry support and then delivery through...
by admin | Oct 18, 2021 | All Content, Charter
Global construction professionals gathered online at a special FIDIC climate webinar on 19 October 2021 to discuss FIDIC’s position on climate change matters and to highlight the forthcoming FIDIC Climate Change Charter, which is due to be launched next month. Taking...
by Graham Pontin | Oct 18, 2021 | All Content, News
Introducing FIDIC for Global Goals, this campaign and branding will pull together all FIDIC Activity on Climate Change: The launch of the Climate Change Charter, including promotion, document design, webpages and sign-up activities. All activity around major events...
by Graham Pontin | Sep 23, 2021 | All Content, State of the World
The world is gradually learning what it means to be sustainable as we march towards achieving the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals and approach net zero, but should we simply be adapting our current way of living or thinking about a new way of life? The Covid...
by Graham Pontin | Aug 9, 2021 | All Content, External Resource
Following the latest August 2021 IPCC report AR 6, it is becoming increasingly clear that not only is meeting the SDGs important, but efforts may need to go significantly beyond the 2030 targets. The difference highlighted between 1.5 and 2 degrees change in global...
by Graham Pontin | Jul 21, 2021 | All Content, State of the World
This report is part of our effort to explore how engineers and the wider infrastructure sector can help address the global water crisis. Water, it falls from the sky, runs in our rivers, fills our lakes, waters our crops and flows through our infrastructure, yet it is...
