Beyond the scope of net-zero buildings

For ~2 B people, clean, affordable, and reliable energy is a luxury. This poses fundamental issues and we need to work together to immediately address the core issues of energy poverty, socioeconomic development, and climate change. Join our expert guests and find out how access to energy has a key role in energy transition and sustainable economic growth.

Buildings account for 38% of our global emissions and it’s clearly a priority to accelerate on the road to net zero buildings. Yet the pace and span of current undertakings is not where it could be. Why? What are the challenges and gaps to tackle building decarbonization, especially through renovation? And what are the ways we could approach this from policy to implementation? Listen to the podcast to find out.

In this first episode of Beyond the Scope, journalist, Sumit Bose, discusses with Schneider Electric’s Jeannie Salo, USA Government Relations VP, and Vincent Petit, Head of the Group’s Sustainability Research Institute, the actual impact of climate pledges post-COP26, the means to accelerate the energy transition and how private-public partnerships are playing a key role in it. For more information on accelerating the energy transition and meeting 1.5°C, read our Back to 2050 scenario.