The Climate Question - Must our future be cast in concrete?

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As the world becomes more populous, experts say we’re likely to use 25 percent more concrete in the next decade. But concrete is also responsible for eight percent of the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions.

There are concerns that the industry isn’t taking its carbon footprint seriously enough. So our climate question this week is: Must our future be cast in concrete?

Guests:
Arpad Horvath, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Berkley
Professor Karen Scrivener, head of Laboratory of Construction Materials at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Anupama Kundoo, professor of architecture at the Potsdam School of Architecture, Berlin, and working architect
Sophia Yan, China correspondent for The Telegraph

Presented by Graihagh Jackson and Neal Razzell
Produced by Alex Lewis
Researched by Zoe Gelber
Edited by Emma Rippon

Published on Monday, 15th March 2021.

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