Review | RIBA Climate Guide

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A new guide to delivering sustainable places misses an opportunity to highlight the centrality of reuse in addressing climate change, writes Laura Baron

Climate literature is now a canon. The library of environmental-themed literature has continuously developed in volume and understanding, leaving climate conscious architects with no shortage of books, articles, websites, papers and podcasts on the topic of sustainability in the built environment.

If there is an excuse for the ill-informed it is information overload. Where to start, what to focus on, and what to trust, is an increasingly common challenge. Unpicking and filtering the vast quantities of information, guidance, and data is (quite literally) a full-time job. It is therefore no wonder that climate literacy is still seen as the essential and urgent step in the journey towards net zero in the built environment.

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