Construction industry "doesn't know where it stands when it comes to carbon emissions"

Buildings equivalent to a city the size of Paris are being built every week – but less than one per cent of them are assessed to determine their carbon footprint, according to a new report. More

Urban developments that "strive for zero carbon" to start on site in Milan, Paris, Reykjavik and Oslo

A series of low-carbon urban quarters are set to be built as part of Reinventing Cities, a global competition that aims to help cities eliminate carbon emissions. More

"We are already carbon negative by some long stretch" says furniture maker Sebastian Cox

Creating furniture from locally sourced wood has allowed Sebastian Cox to make his company and his employees carbon negative, the British designer claims. More

Planting trees "doesn't make any sense" in the fight against climate change due to permanence concerns, say experts

Afforestation is an unreliable way of permanently sequestering atmospheric carbon, according to several key figures interviewed by Dezeen as part of our carbon revolution series. More

Use of hemp in architecture and design held back by "ridiculous" UK rules says farmer who built a house from cannabis

A film producer who established a hemp farm to "pull carbon out of the atmosphere" has attacked UK laws that are holding back production of the biomaterial. More

Hemp "more effective than trees" at sequestering carbon says Cambridge researcher

Hemp can capture atmospheric carbon twice as effectively as forests while providing carbon-negative biomaterials for architects and designers, according to Cambridge University researcher Darshil Shah. More

Architecture "one of the least well-represented businesses" in UN's net-zero push, says UN climate champion

Architects are failing to engage with the UN's drive to reduce carbon emissions with none of the 50 largest firms signed up to its Race to Zero campaign, according to Nigel Topping, the UN's champion for the upcoming COP26 climate conference. More

Mycelium is "part of the solution" to carbon-negative buildings

Mycelium could soon be used to insulate and fire-proof buildings while sequestering carbon, according to sustainability expert David Cheshire. More

Atmospheric CO2 is "our biggest resource" says carbon-negative plastic brand Made of Air

Berlin startup Made of Air has developed a bioplastic made of forest and farm waste that sequesters carbon and can be used for everything from furniture to building facades. More

Explaining the difference between net-zero and carbon neutrality "is a challenge" says The Carbon Trust

Companies wanting to achieve net-zero carbon emissions are being hampered by confusing jargon and inaccurate information, according to UK organisation The Carbon Trust. More