In the past weeks, WBCSD has participated in several events centered around how the building sector is key to reviving the global economy and the importance of reinforcing sustainability going forward.
By including urban environments into resilience strategies we might be able to react to multiple threats simultaneously.
In a time when people are asked to stay home and practice social distancing due to COVID-19, international collaboration is moving away from in-person events to online meetings.
It is remarkable how the agenda in this 50th edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting has shifted towards calling for a move to stakeholder capitalism, as issued by Klaus Schwab in the new Davos Manifesto.
The long-term impacts of COVID-19 on the built environment are difficult to predict, but it’s certain that throughout history, our cities and buildings have been shaped by our response to shocks and diseases.