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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Isabel MALSANG

UN, France Co-host First Forum To Decarbonise Construction Sector

The construction sector is responsible for one-fifth of global emissions (Credit: AFP)

France warned Thursday that the world's construction sector was not on track to decarbonise by 2050 as it co-hosts with the UN Environment Programme the first ever conference aimed at reducing the industry's impact on climate change.

Some 1,800 government officials, investors and industry representatives from 50 countries are gathering in Paris for the Buildings and Climate Global Forum, which ends Friday.

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