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COP27 Recap: The State of Net Zero and Negotiations

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STATE OF NEGOTIATIONS At the final hours of the conference, days after the negotiations were scheduled to end, the parties were able to agree upon a path forward on one key area of major contention between the rich and poor nations of the world: Loss and Damage. Also of note was an announcement that major U.S. COP27 was no exception.

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DOE Releases Green Lease Website, and More Musings on the Split Incentive "Problem"

Green Building Law Blog

All lease negotiations, at some level, address the conflicting interests of landlords and tenants. If energy and/or sustainability was an important enough issue, the parties will negotiate a solution. My feeling on this topic has always been that it is illusory.

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A Green Building Game of Thrones

Green Building Law Update

Before being pulled, the proposed LEED 2012 rating system went through a lengthy, unexpected vetting process, culminating in a fourth draft. This side prefers the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) certification. In July 2011, it appeared the USGBC was willing to negotiate with SFI. The Assault on Chemicals of Concern.

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LiveXchange 2012: Don’t Let Incentives Drive the Site Evaluation Process

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LiveXchange 2012 was kicked off with a nostalgic keynote from NFL Hall of Famer Jack Youngblood, who chronicled his meteoric rise from a kid playing Pop Warner football in Florida to a top pick in the NFL draft and a stellar career as an all-Pro linebacker with the Los Angeles Rams.

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Digital Builder Ep 15: Why Global Data Standards are the Future of Collaboration

Autodesk Construction Cloud

As the volume of project data continues to grow , and global collaboration in the AEC industry becomes increasingly common, it’s more important than ever that the processes we have are scalable and sustainable. . To put it another way, construction professionals need to speak the same language. Delivery of the asset . Information exchange .

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Icy Hot

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The good news is that a recently proposed set of guidelines is being embraced as the starting point for negotiations between international players in the Arctic development sweepstakes. The protocol was immediately endorsed by Guggenheim Partners, which helped to draft it.

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Rising Tide

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A draft of the report, leaked to Reuters and The New York Times , says the panel now is “95 percent certain” that human activity is the cause of most of the increase in global temperatures in recent decades. percent and that climate-change has become a self-sustaining phenomenon.

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