Eight Minute Climate Fix
Quick and concise, Eight Minute Climate Fix covers everything that's happening in climate action and the energy transition. We tackle the complexity of the changes happening in our world and make it easy, and quick, for anyone to understand.
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Eight Minute Climate Fix
Embodied Carbon - Episode 87
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In this episode, Paul discusses why the up-front emissions of new products and new construction can be so important in climate activity. These locked-in, embedded emissions could account for up to a quarter of the globe's total carbon - and over 50% of the carbon for construction and buildings.
For further research:
"What is Embodied Carbon?" - Carbon Cure
"What Is Embodied Carbon And Why Does It Matter? - Carbon Herald
"Reducing embodied carbon in new construction" - McKinsey
"Embodied Carbon 101" - Carbon Leadership Forum
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