What are the main sustainability issues currently affecting the
real estate industry? And what are the practical implications
– will they cause a change in behaviour?
Recent months have seen schoolchildren going on strike, parts of
London being brought to a halt by Extinction Rebellion and climate
change activists blockading corporates' headquarters. On top of
that we have seen an increasing number of severe weather events:
Cyclone Fani which caused major flooding in India, torrential rains
in America's Midwest, unprecedented flooding of the Mississippi
and the double whammy of Cyclones Idai and Kenneth hitting
Mozambique. It is therefore no surprise that climate change is high
on the social and political agenda again. Thankfully, the real
estate industry is already grappling with it and there is a lot
going on.
