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More than 60 of the largest and most influential international architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, planning, and construction firms, along with two dozen organizations representing over one million building industry professionals worldwide, issued a Communiqué to government leaders headed to COP26 challenging them to step up their emissions reduction targets for the built environment. The firms and organizations are signatories of the 1.5☌ COP26 Communiqué - an open letter to sovereign governments demonstrating the firms' and organizations' commitment to meet the Paris Agreement's 1.5☌ carbon budget and demanding governments do the same.ĪSHRAE's focus at COP26 was to emphasize the importance of the building community's participation in addressing the climate crisis. Architecture 2030 and ASHRAE hosted a COP26 Official Side Event on November 10 featuring the 1.5☌ COP26 Communiqué and its signatories. The United Nations granted permission for select organizations to participate in COP26 activities. 12.ĪSHRAE formally participated as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and an official COP observer.
ASHRAE was represented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, held Oct.