The challenge.

Buildings and communities are responsible for over 40 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions into our atmosphere. Global awareness of the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental degradation is driving the need for rapid formation of Green Building Councils around the world.

"We have roughly 3,650 days to do something very drastic about this climate change problem or else hundreds of thousands, millions of people, our children, our grandchildren are going to die or be displaced in catastrophes that will occur because of climate change."
Ira Magaziner, Director of Clinton Climate Initiative, in his opening remarks to the USGBC's Greenbuild 2006 conference.

Our solution.

Green Building Councils are highly effective at engaging leaders across sectors to transform
the built environment. It’s proven, replicable—and it’s building momentum.

The World Green Building Council:

• Accelerates the development of emerging councils and rating systems.
• Provides organizational tools, such as advocacy, facilitation, information, and a non-partisan approach, to help people take action locally.
• Provides an international forum for market transformation.
• Creates successful Green Building Councils.
• Acts as the premier voice for global green building initiatives.