W or ldGBC Adv v a a n n c c i i n n g g N N e e t t Z Z e e r r o o S S t t a a t t u u s s R R e e p p o o r r t t 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 Africa Regional Network By 2050, Africa will be home to 1.3 billion more people than it is today (more than half of the world’s projected population growth of 2.4 billion people). This means a huge demand for buildings – with 80% of those buildings that will exist in 2050, yet to be built. But this also means that we have the opportunity to build with net zero and resource efficiency in mind now, and to create jobs, skills and training, and ensure sustainable growth through widespread green building. The 12 Green Building Councils (GBCs) in our Africa Regional Network who represent 700 million people in Africa, across the Southern, East, West, Central and North African geographic regions, are responding to these challenges and opportunities on the ground. Alongside work that the Africa Regional Network is doing with the African Union and other partners, we are also seeing regional developments from the GBCs: • Green Building Council Nigeria and Ethiopian Green Building Council became Prospective Members of the World Green Building Council in June 2022. These GBCs represent the two most populous countries in Africa and the GBCs have a commitment towards net zero advocacy within their countries. This will be further encouraged across the network through the launch of the Africa Regional Network Net Zero Collaborators programme during World Green Building Week 2022. • Green Building Council South Africa have supported the uptake of Energy Performance Certificates in the South African market to increase the efficiency of existing buildings across South Africa in partnership with Carbon Trust. • Kenya Green Building Society advocated for the first African-based Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment signatory, Africa Logistics Properties . • Egypt Green Building Council has been selected to advise on green affordable housing through the Haya Karima project, a national initiative endorsed by H.E President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Vere Shaba Africa Programmes Head PAGE 03 PAGE 17
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