Climate Change

The Earth’s climate has changed throughout history. Just in the last 650,000 years there have been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat, with the abrupt end of the last ice age about 7,000 years ago marking the beginning of the modern climate era – and of human civilization. The evidence for rapid climate change is compelling – sea level rise, temperature rise, shrinking ice sheets, and an overall rise in the frequency of climate-related natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires – are all clear signs that action must be taken. How does the built environment contribute to climate change, and how can we work to minimize and reduce our industry’s impact on our fragile ecosystems?