# Looking Ahead to Embodied Carbon Policy Action in 2021

**URL:** <https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/looking-ahead-to-embodied-carbon-policy-action-in-2021/2606>\
**Category:** Policy\
**Created:** [November 15, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/looking-ahead-to-embodied-carbon-policy-action-in-2021/2606 "2020-11-15T17:22:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 15, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/looking-ahead-to-embodied-carbon-policy-action-in-2021/2606/1 "2020-11-15T17:22:01Z")

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by Meghan Lewis

As the tools and expertise available to measure and reduce embodied carbon have expanded, the urgency has shifted necessarily away from basic understanding of the importance of embodied carbon to taking bold steps towards meaningful action and reductions. Policy is an essential step towards creating the scale of action required to rapidly reduce embodied carbon in construction.

[https://carbonleadershipforum.org/looking-ahead-to-embodied-carbon-policy-action-in-2021/](https://carbonleadershipforum.org/looking-ahead-to-embodied-carbon-policy-action-in-2021/)