While the pace of fossil fuel reduction dominates post-event media coverage, a less visible series of multilateral agreements emerged from the COP28 negotiations that could have more immediate long-term impacts on the cement and concrete sectors.
As world leaders debate climate action at COP28, a new Report provides an update on the global activity and progress of the world's cement and concrete industry in meeting its Net Zero targets.
The PhD student is honing algorithms for designing large structures with less material — helping to shrink the construction industry’s huge carbon footprint.
While El Niño is a contributor to 2023’s extreme heat, that warm event has only just begun. The steroids fueling extreme weather are the heat-trapping gases from burning coal, oil and gas for energy around the world.
C-Crete, founded by Rouzbeh Savary PhD ’11, has created a cement alternative that could significantly reduce the industry’s carbon dioxide emissions.