Energetic debate about materials innovation

Thursday evening February 23rd GROUP A | CARBONLAB, International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam and Keilecollectief hosted an energetic and sometimes heated debate on the potential of material innovation to turn our built environment into a carbon sink. The multidisciplinary panel discussed possibilities, some examples but also zoomed out to the fundamentals behind it:

Construction materials are responsible for 11% of global CO2 emissions. No matter the perspective, that is a large share that makes us responsible to reverse it.
What common vocabulary do we have at our disposal, or do we need to develop, to achievea carbon negative/climate positive built environment?
With what motivation do we work on such solutions, and to what extent do different motivations matter?
What roles can we take on in the fight against climate change?
Do we work on solutions that work at a specific scale in a specific part of the world, or is the situation so urgent that we need solutions that work for the entire globe?
What is stopping us from doing what we have long known is very necessary?

You can watch the entire event below.

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