(C02) Creating a route map for city decarbonization

We won't be able to achieve the global decarbonization targets needed to avoid a temperature rise over 2C, if we affect one building at a time. Instead, decarbonization goals ought be addressed at a national and subnational levels, with leadership and engagement from the public sector whilst planning along and in collaboration with private sector, civil society, the academia and other key stakeholders. For such high aim, many countries around the world are developing their own 'roadmaps for decarbonization', identifying the specific targets and timelines within every sector or activity, including the built environment. Regulatory framework, technological capacity, extensive data analysis, amongst many other elements, are to be weighed in order to identify a baseline and the subsequent set of decarbonization actions and milestones. The industrious city fo Monterrey, Mexico -with the support of the Urban Land Institute, USGBC, and Colombia Green Building Council- has sparked action for its own 'Roadmap to Zero Carbon Buildings'. This session will share the best from this particular -yet highly replicable- journey towards a city-scale path for decarbonization from the building and construction sector. During this engaging process, the LEED for Cities rating system has served as a strategic tool and guideline, fostering a solid multilateral organization and offering valuable quantitative outcomes: deriving from the experiences of the first LEED for Cities certification in Latin America, achieved by the local Municipality of San Pedro Garza Garcia.