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Climate friendly housing opportunity
Better than net zero? Making the promised 1.2 million homes climate-friendly would transform construction in Australia.
The national cabinet has announced plans to build an extra 1.2 million homes by July 1 2029.
The construction, operation and maintenance of buildings accounts for almost a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia.
If these new homes are built in a business-as-usual fashion, they will significantly increase national greenhouse gas emissions.
What if we committed to building homes that produced net negative emissions?
Published: August 23, 2023
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