S4E11- From Low Carbon to Nature Positive: Rethinking Infrastructure w/ Monica Richter
Infrastructure ConnectionsShow Notes
What will it take to accelerate demand for low-carbon technologies and create infrastructure that works with nature, rather than against it?
In this episode of Infrastructure Connections, we speak with Monica Richter, Senior Manager of Low Carbon Futures at WWF-Australia and Project Director of the Materials & Embodied Carbon Leaders Alliance (MECLA).
Monica explores the intersection of decarbonisation, nature-positive development and the built environment, sharing insights into low-carbon materials, sustainable procurement, supply-chain collaboration and the need to understand the embodied nature impacts of the materials we use.
We also discuss WWF-Australia's work on nature-positive investment and housing and infrastructure development, and what Australia can learn from global markets moving rapidly towards cleaner and more sustainable technologies.
From government policy to industry collaboration, Monica explains how infrastructure professionals can help create demand for better solutions - and why persistence, education and asking the right questions can be powerful drivers of change.
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