The article “Climate change is killing the poor, but the infrastructure sector can stop this” highlights the role of the infrastructure industry and construction to safeguard the environment.
Keith Clarke, chair of the Forum for the Future, stressed the crucial role of the infrastructure industry in curbing emissions to address climate change during his keynote speech at the Bentley Year in Infrastructure conference in Singapore.
Clarke said population growth would open massive opportunities for the infrastructure industry, but 700 million people remain poor despite this. He stressed that infrastructure plays a part in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and is “fundamental to solving inequality and poverty in the world.” This should be an essential aspect of the industry (Walker, 2019).
He says that climate change issues should be part of the construction business, and business-as-usual practice will make global warming a reality, which can be detrimental to the poor.
Clarke adds that infrastructure should not only adapt but also mitigate climate change. It needs to be transformational and curb global warming by designing and building for net-zero carbon.
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