Carbon Critical World

CIC and its members have agreed that carbon criticality in the built environment is the major priority for our future.

This part of the CIC website will be populated with the best information that we can find on carbon criticality as a means of encouraging and enhancing knowledge sharing and advancement within the built environment professions.

Introduction and Logic

We start with an introduction to the basic logic which frames the essential priority of working within a carbon critical world from our Chairman, Keith Clarke.

'Climate change is the biggest issue facing mankind.  The evidence that recent and rapid change in our climate is largely due to human activity is overwhelming.  The potential consequent impact on the world economy and the well-being of population as a whole is enormous. Read more...'

Carbon Criticality within CIC

A paper summarising the CIC members’ decision that Carbon is the major priority for all the built environment professions is here:

Carbon Criticality

Presentations

"Climate Change Agreeing the Question" presentation to the CIC Awayday by Keith Clarke 23 May 2008

Procuring The Future - can we be sustainable? presentation to the Sustainable Procurement Conference by Graham Watts on 5 June 2008

Presentations for the sustainability conference

This free evening conference was an opportunity to examine the Sustainable Construction Strategy and discuss its implications on the built environment.

Presentation by John Newman 17 June 2008
Presentation by Michael Ankers 17 June 2008
Presentation by Sunand Prasad 17 June 2008

Articles

Graham Watts comment in Construction Manager Nov/Dec 2008

Carbon will be different by Scott Steedman FREng. Read the article on Ingenia magazine website - Sep 2008

Graham Watts feature for Construction News June 2008

Taking concrete steps with no carbon footprint.
Trying harder is not enough, says the head of engineers Atkins, Keith Clarke - we have to change. Read interview on the Guardian website - 27 June 2008.

Other Key Items

The CIC wrote to the Prime Minister on 28 January 2008, a letter signed by 27 members, Chairmen and Presidents.   The letter and the reply from the Prime Minister can be accessed here:

Letter from CIC members to Prime Minister dated 28 January 2008

Reply from Prime Minister to Nick Raynsford dated 27 May 2008