Embodied Carbon in Real Estate: The Hidden Contributor to Climate Change

The fires across Canada this summer have devastated natural ecosystems and caused air pollution across borders. Image © Landon Parenteau on UnsplashThe window for solving climate change is narrowing; any solution must include embodied carbon. The Sixth Assessment Report published by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) concludes that the world can emit just 500 gigatonnes more of carbon dioxide, starting in January 2020, if we want a 50 percent chance of staying below 1.5 de