Just a few hours ago, President Donald Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the non-binding Paris Agreement intended to mitigate climate change. The President of the American Institute of Architects Thomas Vonier, FAIA has issued a statement in response, reaffirming its commitment to reducing the (vast) contributions of the built environment to global warming.
Here it is in full:
"The United States must remain a leader in the battle to cease harmful and needless practices that damage the planet and its climate, acting out of both environmental concerns and national economic interests. Instead of helping our economy, as the Administration contends, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement will put us behind our major global competitors.
The AIA will not retreat from its long-established efforts to conserve energy and to deploy renewable resources in buildings. We will continue to lead in efforts to curb the use of fuels and technologies that needlessly pollute our atmosphere and harm our environment. This makes good sense economically, and it is in the best interests of those we serve: our clients and the public.
We will also urge our members throughout the United States and the world to assist cities, states, organizations and citizen groups in meeting the aims of the climate accord.
By adhering to our values as a profession that is concerned with human habitat and the health of our environment, we will help to mitigate the harm this decision will do to our economy and to America's stature across the globe.”
This is exactly why you issue responses to platforms during the election cycle and not pledges of allegiance after the fact.
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Well done, AIA.
This is exactly why you issue responses to platforms during the election cycle and not pledges of allegiance after the fact.
The immediate responses from the troll brigade on Twitter are off the hook:
https://twitter.com/AIANational/status/870369408241344512
This year it's clear that the AIA is pushing partisan political issues. Stop pushing the Leftist agenda! Do you want to lose members?
A bunch of globalist traitorous pukes! Move to Brussels!
The AIA did not survey AIA members on this issue. Leftist volunteers within the AIA are pushing their ideology & putting AIA name on it!
Classy.
I'm more than happy to show climate-change-denying AIA members the door.
The AIA 2017 Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (Required reading, if you would like to get a license these days) states in it's 6th Cannon - Obligations to the Environment: Members should promote sustainable design and development principles in their professional activities. I find it hard to believe that there would be anyone on this site that would be for this withdrawal.
Like with everything, I'd like to see more systems of accountability. Seems like an issue that architects more than anyone will lead on.
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