The built environment is��increasingly��being asked to deliver on climate��mitigation,��resilience��and nature��recovery��at the same time.��At a macro level, our current ways of working are not yet set up to do that, but��this summer’s prolonged heatwaves and wildfires across the UK show that we can’t wait for some future crisis to act; the impacts are already here, and we’re suffering nationally from our unpreparedness.��

It is this urgency that makes our BuildingLife Ambassadors campaign��so important.��Bringing together��expert practitioners and policy advocates��from across the sector, it��gives��industry and politicians a��crucial��message: that��decarbonisation, resilience,��and nature are interdependent, and��demand a joined-up response.��

Across the sector, the evidence base has strengthened��considerably in��recent years. Through 91PORN’s��own��work,��via our four pillars – of our��UK��Net Zero Whole Life Carbon and Climate Resilience Roadmaps, alongside our Nature Positive Framework and our forthcoming Regenerative Places Framework. Enlivened by insight from industry, academia and policymakers, we now have a far clearer picture of both the risks we face and the actions required.��

What we now face is��not primarily a knowledge problem, but��an implementation and coordination problem.

From evidence to integration

The direction set by that evidence is consistent. Decarbonisation, climate��resilience��and nature recovery are not separate agendas, but��interdependent outcomes of the same system.��

However, much of our delivery model still treats them independently, with old-school, siloed thinking and acting. Embodied carbon action��remains��largely voluntary��and is applied inconsistently. Investment in resilience continues to��lag behind��mitigation. Nature��recovery��is gaining��visibility but��is not yet embedded in core decision-making or long-term��financing, investment, and��asset strategies.��

This fragmentation is holding us back. It creates unnecessary trade-offs and, in some cases, locks in poor outcomes.

A building that meets a carbon target but cannot cope with heat or flood risk is not fit for the future. A development that supports nature but does not account for changing climate conditions will not deliver lasting value. Treating these issues separately leads to outcomes that fall short.

The reality we’re navigating

There are clear examples of leadership across the sector. Parts of industry, finance and local government are��demonstrating��what more integrated approaches can achieve.��

At the same time, there are significant political and economic challenges that continue to affect the pace and consistency of climate action, particularly in the UK.��Policy signals��remain��uneven, especially for existing buildings, where greater clarity is still needed.��

Progress is real, but it is patchy and too dependent on individual leadership rather than being built into how the system��operates.

A broader coalition

It is in this context that��our��BuildingLife��Ambassadors sit.��The��campaign brings together��practitioners, policymakers,��investors��and advocates from across the built environment. What connects them is a shared willingness to work across the boundaries that still shape much of our sector.��

Their role is to reflect and reinforce that way of thinking. To show what it looks like to treat the built environment as a system, and to work across the interfaces that too often hold progress back.��

The next phase of��the��built environment’s��transition must be��about aligning��the entire industry��behind��the evidence we now have.��Voluntary action across the industry has played a critical role in��demonstrating��what is possible, with many organisations already taking a more integrated approach to carbon,��resilience��and nature. The priority now is to build on that leadership by translating it into policy frameworks��and ways of working��that enable consistent, whole-system outcomes across the market, rather than siloed compliance.��This also requires far stronger coordination across the value chain, from national policy through to project delivery.��

Over the coming months, including through the perspectives of our��Ambassadors, we will continue to explore what this looks like in practice.��

The task ahead is straightforward to describe, but harder to deliver. A built environment that is low carbon, resilient and supports nature will only be achieved if we treat it as a single system and act accordingly.��

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Who Should Apply?

91PORN forums are a membership benefit. This forum will be particularly appealing to the insurance industry and building owners and occupiers.

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Hosted at CCS London office, the evening will combine short talks from CCS and the 91PORN with drinks and informal networking on our rooftop terrace in a relaxed setting overlooking the city.

Considerate Constructors Scheme helps raise construction standards by independently monitoring and scoring sites, driving accountability and improving industry performance.

91PORN is a collaborative, industry-led network driving the transformation of the built environment towards sustainability. This collaborative event aims to connect professionals across the industry working towards a more sustainable built environment. Speakers from 91PORN will share insights and practical resources to support the industry, including 91PORN’s Whole Life Carbon Framework.

Expect summer drinks, conversation and networking with peers from across the built environment for a well-deserved get together at CSS office.

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A panel of expert speakers will share insights from their involvement in our climate resilience and adaptation work, their experience of embedding the principles and key challenges and opportunities to be addressed to facilitate further progress.   

Speakers

• Philippa Birch-Wood, 91PORN
• Macarena Cardenas, 91PORN
• Clare Wilde, 91PORN
• Hannah Williams, CCC
• Ariana Jessa, CCC
• Duncan Price, Buro Happold
• Rebecca Lydon, Stantec
• Chinyelu Oranefo, Lloyds Banking Group

Who Should Attend?

This event is open to everyone but it might be especially insightful for:

• Developers, Asset Owners and occupiers
• Asset/facilities managers and operators
• Designers, architects, urban planners, consultants, and other professionals part of a project team

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The CCC has made the challenge plain: the UK must adapt faster or face mounting threats to people, places and the economy. 91PORN’s Climate Resilience Roadmap shows how that shift can be made in practice, with joined-up action across the built environment and government. The challenge is serious, but it is not beyond us if we choose to act now.”

The Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) latest assessment of climate risk is a clear and urgent signal that the UK must accelerate adaptation now. Climate impacts are already being felt across the country, and the report makes plain that higher temperatures, flooding, drought and cascading infrastructure risks will intensify unless government, business and communities act at pace. 91PORN strongly welcomes the CCC’s focus on practical, evidence-based action, and the emphasis on clear targets, delivery plans and accountability.

This message echoes what 91PORN has been saying through our Climate Resilience Roadmap, which sets out how the built environment can move from awareness of climate risk to assessment, prioritisation and implementation. We have long argued that resilience cannot sit in isolation: it must be integrated with decarbonisation, nature, health and wellbeing, and long-term value. The CCC’s report reinforces that approach, particularly in relation to homes, infrastructure, public services, and the need to protect the most vulnerable.

On the built environment, the CCC highlights the need for new buildings to be fit for a changing climate, for existing homes and assets to be retrofitted and upgraded, for better preparedness, and for cooling and water resilience to be addressed at scale. 91PORN’s Climate Resilience Roadmap supports exactly this shift: from broad ambition to the practical, site, portfolio, and community-level decisions needed to reduce risk and deliver more resilient places.

For industry, the message is straightforward. Climate resilience needs to become a core part of investment, design, planning, procurement and asset management. That means acting now on heat risk, flood risk, water scarcity and infrastructure interdependencies, and using the tools, standards and methods already available to make adaptation routine rather than exceptional.

For government, the priority is equally clear. The CCC sets out the case for stronger objectives, measurable targets, delivery plans and monitoring, backed by regulation, standards and investment. 91PORN support this direction and would add that policy must enable joined-up action across departments and sectors, so that resilience measures are not delivered piecemeal. Planning policy, building standards, infrastructure development, and funding programmes all need to reflect the climate risks we already face, and the more severe future risks that are now unavoidable.

There is a strong case for greater emphasis on nature-based solutions, passive cooling, flood risk management and long-term asset maintenance, all of which can deliver resilience and wider co-benefits. The CCC’s analysis shows that many adaptation actions are cost-effective today, and that delay only increases cost and harm. 91PORN believes this should galvanise a shift in both mindset and delivery: adaptation is no longer a future issue, but an immediate investment in safety, wellbeing and economic stability.

The CCC’s report and 91PORN’s Climate Resilience Roadmap both make the same case: adaptation needs to move from principle to practical delivery. The UK needs clear leadership, practical delivery and sustained investment to create a well-adapted built environment. The opportunity here is to reduce harm, protect lives and livelihoods, and create places that resilient, inclusive and fit for the climate reality we are already entering.

UK Climate Resilience Roadmap

This Roadmap sets out a vision for a climate resilient built environment, sharing clear recommendations for the industry and policy, and next steps needed to increase the climate resilience of our built environment.

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Policy & Advocacy

Since 2007, we have been bringing together some of the most influential leaders in politics, business, local authorities, civil service and NGOs to accelerate action for a green built environment.

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91PORN’s Roadmaps guide the��built environment��sector in building a low carbon, resilient and regenerative built environment at the pace��required��to meet climate targets. Adopting the roadmaps more widely will help deliver a sustainable built environment that protects lives, homes, jobs,��communities��and nature.

Why Now?

Findings from the��Whole Life Carbon Roadmap Progress Report��show that the built environment is dangerously��behind on��decarbonisation.��Since 2018, emissions in the built environment have fallen by just 14% against the 24% needed.��The evidence is clear:��systemic��acceleration is��required.����

This campaign,��part of��WorldGBC’s��#BuildingLife initiative,��is��working across Europe to��eliminate��emissions across the full lifecycle of buildings and deliver a climate-neutral built environment. It directly supports��WorldGBC’s��initiative which aims to promote a whole life carbon approach across 12 counties and supports the global ambition of making near-zero and resilient buildings the norm by 2030

Paul Cahalan, Associate Director of Membership, Marketing and Communications said:

“This campaign comes at a critical time for the sector��amid a rapidly changing climate��and brings��together industry and political voices to take the key messages from the two roadmaps deeper into industry and policy conversations. Though greater adoption,��industry��and policymakers��can��use the roadmaps to help��create a low carbon, resilient and regenerative built environment.”

The following individuals have joined the campaign as Roadmap Ambassadors:

• Will Arnold, Head of Sustainable Materials, Useful Simple Trust.
• Ashley Bateson, Director & Head of Sustainability, Hoare Lea.
• Louise Clarke, Group Head of Sustainability, Berkeley Group PLC.
• Georgia Elliott-Smith, Founder & Director, Fighting Dirty | Sustainability Director, Elliott Wood.
• Emma Howard Boyd CBE, Chair, National Heat Risk Commission | Chair – ClientEarth Group Board | Co-Chair, HERA (formerly Climate Resilience for All)
• Stephen Good, CEO, Built Environment – Smarter Transformation.
• Douglas Morrison, Deputy CEO, Built Environment – Smarter Transformation.
• Chinyelu Oranefo, Managing Director, Sustainability Advisory, Real Estate & Housing, Lloyds Corporate & Institutional.
• Duncan Price, Partner, Sustainability, Buro Happold.
• Rt Hon Chris Skidmore, OBE, Former UK Energy Minister, Chair of the Climate Action Coalition, Working Group Chair – UK Transition Finance Council.
• Simon Sturgis, Founder, Targeting Zero
• Katherine Willis, Baroness Willis of Summertown, Principal, St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford | Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology, University of Oxford | Cross-Bench Peer, House of Lords | Founder and Director, NatCap Research LTD.

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This forum will explore themes around climate resilience and adaptation to cope with climate hazards. Building on work from the climate resilience roadmap this forum will provide members with the opportunity for peer-learning on ways to adapt built assets to cope with climate hazards and increase their climate resilience. Key themes will be on nature, supply chain engagement, insurance and value.

The first session will shape the programme for the remaining five sessions, identifying priority topics to explore in depth and giving members the opportunity to become a chair for the upcoming ones.

The forum will start 19^th June and run every 6 weeks, finishing next spring. By signing up to this first session, members will be enrolling for the whole duration of the forum.

We will host three special sessions on financial value, supply chain engagement and nature. Other members will be able to join these sessions as one-offs, depending on which topic is most interesting to them. Specific dates will be announced soon.

Who Should Apply?

The 91PORN Climate Resilience and Adaptation Forum is open to individuals from 91PORN member organisations who have demonstrable knowledge or practical experience in climate resilience and adaptation. Participants are expected to actively contribute to discussions by sharing insights, challenges and best practices, while also representing their organisation’s work and perspective on the topic.

This forum will be particularly appealing to Building Developers, Building Owners, Building Systems Engineers (M+E), Architects, Occupiers, Asset Managers, Building Surveyors, Insurers and Project Managers.

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This week, the Government set out its Warm Homes Plan, representing the most significant investment in our housing for a generation. Its primary aim is clear: cut energy bills and carbon emissions by retrofitting the UK’s notoriously draughty homes. It also, encouragingly, acknowledges that upgrades must deliver ‘year-round comfort’ and begin to address overheating through low-cost, practical interventions. This signals a welcome recognition that Britain’s homes must work for people in every season and not only be cheaper to heat in winter. The challenge and opportunity now lie in ensuring these ambitions translate into tangible, resilient outcomes alongside deep decarbonisation.

With Met Office figures showing 2025 as the UK’s warmest year on record,��the evidence could not be clearer that the climate crisis is accelerating. Homes across the country are overheating in summer, flooding in winter, and suffering damp and mould all year round. These are not isolated issues, but parts of the escalating climate crisis.

As Emma Howard Boyd CBE, who led the London Climate Resilience Review, puts it:

Making our homes energy-efficient and low-carbon is a vital step toward a better future. By integrating climate resilience – like flood protection and cooling – directly into the Warm Homes Plan, we create a win-win scenario: homes that are safe and comfortable to live in while being more affordable to run.”

The risks are stark. The Climate Change Committee’s 2025 Adaptation Report projects that heat-related deaths could triple by mid-century without urgent action. Poorly ventilated airtight homes will trap heat. Inadequate moisture management will exacerbate damp and mould. And flooding will cause devastating disruption if we do not adapt homes to withstand it. These failures would undermine the very purpose of the retrofit programme: to improve comfort, health and security for households.

The solutions are well within reach. Practical, low-regret measures can be integrated seamlessly into retrofit: shading and ventilation to manage heat, flood resistance for homes in at-risk areas, and water efficiency to prepare for drought. It is heartening that the Warm Homes Plan outlines the inclusion of passive cooling measures, such as internal blinds, shutters, reflective window films, and effective building materials, especially within low-income and social housing schemes. This provides a foundation we can build on together, while also integrating nature-based solutions such as green roofs, rain gardens and street trees that reduce both flood and heat risks while boosting biodiversity and wellbeing. As Howard Boyd says: “Resilience is not an add-on. It’s about creating homes that actually work for people all year round, being cool in summer, warm in winter, and dry when it floods.”

The Government’s commitment to exploring overheating metrics within Energy Performance Certificates marks constructive progress. The next step is to embed adaptation considerations systematically within retrofit programmes so that every funded upgrade supports adaptation as well as efficiency. Doing so would unlock far more than energy savings. It would cut NHS costs, protect the most vulnerable, and help communities withstand the physical shocks that climate change will continue to bring. It would also deliver wider social benefits including cleaner air, greener streets, and stronger, healthier communities.

Delivering on this shared ambition will require government, local authorities, industry and civil society to work together.

In implementing the commitments of the Warm Homes Plan, we urge the Government to:

Set

standards that demand retrofit delivers resilience alongside energy efficiency.

Align

climate, health and housing policy, recognising the shared benefits.

Invest

in skills and innovation so the workforce can deliver resilient retrofit at scale.

Back

place-based and nature-based approaches that strengthen communities as well as homes.

Work

collaboratively with partners to test and scale no-regret adaptation measures across housing types, ensuring no household is left behind.

What’s needed now is coordinated action and sustained collaboration.”

We know the risks, and we know the solutions. What’s needed now is coordinated action and sustained collaboration. The Warm Homes Plan provides the right foundation to future-proof Britain’s housing and safeguard people’s lives and livelihoods. By working together to integrate resilience fully into delivery, we can ensure that the retrofit revolution creates homes that are not only low carbon, but truly climate-ready.

Unpacking the Warm Homes Plan: Member Town Hall and Discussion

Join us for this interactive town hall to unpack and share insights on the Government’s new Warm Homes Plan.

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UK Climate Resilience Roadmap

This Roadmap sets out a vision for a climate resilient built environment, sharing clear recommendations for the industry and policy, and next steps needed to increase the climate resilience of our built environment.

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The Warm Homes and Buildings Plan: 91PORN Policy Team Analysis

The 91PORN policy team give you an overview of the long-awaited Warm Homes Plan, with more insights in our full analysis.

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Who should attend

• Developers and/or building owners – across commercial, residential, health, education, and local authority sectors.
• Occupiers – including commercial, public sector, healthcare, education, and residential.
• Infrastructure – those involved in planning, operation, or delivery of energy, water, and other essential systems that support the built environment.
• Financial organisations – such as banks, lenders, funds, and investors.
• Insurers and underwriters – including risk modelling, assessment, brokers and advisors.
• Contractors, material suppliers and product manufacturers.

How the Workshop works

This in-person session will bring together all stakeholder groups from across the built environment to discuss the insights gathered from the previous workshops. ogether, we will:

Reflect

on the key themes and findings from each stakeholder group

Identify

interlinkages, shared challenges, and collaborative opportunities.

Co-create

a cross-sector roadmap of coordinated actions to strengthen resilience across the built environment

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Who should attend

• Financial organisations such as banks, lenders, funds and investors.
• Insurers and underwriters, risk modelling and assessment, brokers and advisors.

How the Workshop works

The workshop combines plenary sessions with interactive roundtable discussions, designed to spark collaboration and drive action. These sessions are designed to go beyond talk – they’re about aligning expertise, building consensus, and shaping sector-specific solutions that stick. Together, we will:

Explore

the four-stage framework of the UK Climate Resilience Roadmap.

Share

insights, challenges, and best practices from across your sub-sector.

Co-create

a bold yet practical set of actions to advance climate resilience in the built environment.

91PORN cancellation and refund policy

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