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Architecture and Spatial Culture

By John Peponis. Routledge, 2024, ISBN: 978‑1‑032‑50042‑3

Healthy Urbanism. Designing and Planning Equitable, Sustainable and Inclusive Places

By Helen Pineo. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, ISBN: 978-981-16-9646-6

How to Engage Policy Makers with Your Research: The Art of Informing and Impacting Policy

Edited by: Tim Vorley, Syahirah Abdul Rahman, Lauren Tuckerman, Phil Wallace. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022, ISBN: 978 1 80037 895 7

The Architect and the Academy: Essays on Research and the Environment

By Dean Hawkes. Routledge, 2022, ISBN: 9780367537166

Formulations: Architecture, Mathematics, Culture

By Andrew Witt. MIT Press, 2022, ISBN: 978-0-262-54300-2

Experiential Design Schemas

By Mark DeKay and Gail Brager. Oro Editions, 2023, ISBN: 9781957183732

Climate Urbanism: Towards a Critical Research Agenda

Edited by: Vanesa Castán Broto, Enora Robin, Aidan While. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, ISBN: 978-3-030-53386-1

Building Better - Less - Different: Circular Construction and Circular Economy

By Felix Heisel and Dirk E Hebel, in collaboration with Ken Webster. Birkhäuser, 2022, ISBN: 9783035621099

Energy Use in Cities: A Roadmap for Urban Transitions

By S. Pincetl, H. Gustafson, F. Federico, E.D. Fournier, R. Cudd & E. Porse. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, ISBN: 9783030556013

Form and Flow: The Spatial Politics of Urban Resilience and Climate Justice

By Kian Goh. MIT Press, 2021, ISBN: 9780262367066

Energy Modelling in Architecture: A Practice Guide

By Sonja Oliviera, Bill Gething, Elena Marco. RIBA Publishing, 2020, ISBN 9781859469101

The Great Reconfiguration: A Socio-Technical Analysis of Low-Carbon Transitions in UK Electricity, Heat, and Mobility Systems

By Frank W. Geels and Bruno Turnheim. Cambridge University Press, 2022, ISBN: 9781009198240

Constructing a Consumer-Focused Industry: Cracks, Cladding and Crisis in the Residential Construction Sector

By D. Oswald and T. Moore. Routledge, 2022, ISBN 9781032007311

CARBON: A Field Manual for Building Researchers

By Matti Kuittinen, Alan Organschi, Andrew Ruff. Wiley, 2022, ISBN 9781119720775

Conceptualising Demand: A Distinctive Approach to Consumption and Practice

By Jenny Rinkinen, Elizabeth Shove, Greg Marsden. Routledge, 2020, ISBN 9780367465025.

Designing for the Climate Emergency: A Guide for Architecture Students

By Sofie Pelsmakers, Elizabeth Donovan, Aidan Hoggard, Urszula Kozminska. RIBA Publishing, 2022, ISBN 9781859469644

Concrete Cities: Why We Need to Build Differently

By Rob Imrie. Bristol University Press, 2021, ISBN 9781529220520

Reimaging Sustainable Cities: Strategies for Designing Green, Healthier, More Equitable Communities

By Stephen M Wheeler and Christina D Rosan. University of California Press, 2021, ISBN: 978052038121-6

Defensible Space on the Move: Mobilisation in English Housing Policy and Practice

By Loretta Lees and Elanor Warwick. RGS-IBG with Wiley, 2022, ISBN: 9781119500438

The Impact of Overbuilding on People and the Planet

By David A Ness. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2019, ISBN: 1527574709.

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The current situation is implausible: there are pledges for 2030 but no roadmaps for their fulfilment over time. Image: Giovanna Cassavia (TU Graz).

To achieve net zero GHG emissions by mid-century (the Breakthrough Agenda) it is vital to establish explicit sector-specific roadmaps and targets. With an eye to the forthcoming COP30 in Brazil and based on work in the IEA EBC Annex 89, Thomas Lützkendorf, Greg Foliente and Alexander Passer argue why specific goals and measures for building, construction and real estate are needed in the forthcoming round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0).

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