The ongoing increase in Greenhouse Gas emissions from human activities since the industrial revolution is a major contributor to climate change and rising global temperatures; average global temperatures have risen by 1.2°C according to The National Centre for Atmospheric Science, 2025. There is a strong global consensus that urgent and extensive action is needed, both to limit future warming and to adapt to a changing world to reduce the impact of climate change.
The construction industry is one of the main contributors to global carbon emissions and represents c.38% of worldwide emissions (Construction Industry Council, 2025). To reduce the carbon footprint there is a need to transition to more sustainable and less carbon intensive building materials. We believe timber has an important role to play in replacing carbon intensive building materials such as steel and concrete.
The sixth assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) outlines Shared Socio-economic Pathway (SSP) scenarios. These scenarios describe the potential future climate trajectories based on consistent assumptions about population growth, economic development, education, urbanisation, and technological advancement.
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