2024-05-04T19:29:14-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150160372/canadian-architects-sign-on-to-international-climate-action-pact Antonio Pacheco 2019-09-20T15:25:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4e/4eb8a8c0731b9f29a98194e79f6260b4.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada&rsquo;s (RAIC) Committee on Regenerative Environments is calling on the country's architects to join architects from around the world in formally committing <a href="https://ca.architectsdeclare.com/" target="_blank">"urgent and sustained" climate action</a>.</p> <p>The call makes Canadian architects the latest group to take up the climate call, a growing movement that seeks to instill a sense of immediate action on issues relating to sustainability and climate justice through the work architects take on and the role designers play within communities and in business.&nbsp;</p> <p>The pledge calls on architects to "design for holistic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and advocate for investments in a rapid transition to resilient climate-positive alternatives," for example. It also pushes them to "adopt regenerative design principles and practices&nbsp;to build the necessary capability to design and develop projects and environments that&nbsp;go beyond the standard of net zero in use."&nbsp;</p> <p>The call also embraces a structural change a...</p>