WORLDGREENBUILDINGCOUNCILMay 2022◆■☒EU POLICYWHOLE LIFECARBON ROADMAPWorld Green Building Council:EU Policy Whole Life Carbon RoadmapABOUT WORLD GREENBUILDING COUNCILThe World Green Building Council (WorldGBC)catalyses the uptake of sustainable builtenvironments for everyone,everywhere.Transforming the building and construction sector across three strategic areas -climate action,health wellbeing,and resourcescircularity-we are a global action network of over 70 Green Building Councils around the world.As members of the UN GlobalCompact,we work with businesses,organisations and governments to drive the ambitions of the Paris Agreement and UN Global Goalsfor Sustainable Development.Through a systems change approach,our network is leading the industrytowards a net zero carbon,healthy.equitable and resilie nt built environment.The Europe Regional Network (ERN)is a community of over 20 national Green Building Councils,8 Regional Partners,and close to 5,000members across Europe.Green Building Councils in the ERN,are from both EU and non-EU countries.About #BuildingLife#BuildingLife is a project convening ten European Green Building Councils to deliver the European Green Deal.These Green BuildingCouncils will galvanise climate action through national and regional decarbonisation roadmaps,which will tackle the whole-lifeenvironmental impacts of the building and construction sector.#BuildingLife focuses not only on the operational emissions of buildings,but also the environmental impact of the manufacturing.transportation,construction,and end-of-life phases-often called embodied emissions.Tackling these emissions is essential to address the total impact of the built environment,and progress towards the European GreenDeal's aim of a climate neutral Europe by 2050.The Green Building Councils spearheading the project are:Croatia,Finland,France,Germany,Ireland,Italy,the Netherlands,Poland,Spain and the UK.#BuildingLife has received funding from the IKEA Foundation and Laudes Foundation as well as from European Bank for Reconstructionand Development and the European Climate Foundation.Report TeamLead author:Audrey NugentContributing authors:Carolina Montano-OwenLaura PallaresStephen RichardsonMiles Rowland#BuildingLife FundersIKEA Foundation Laudes-FoundatlonContact informationWebwww.worldgbc.comTwitter@WorldGBC EuropeEmail