# \#news **URL:** https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/tag/news/27.md [Latest](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/tags.md) --- ## [Toward a Tradable Low-Carbon Cement Standard: Policy Design Considerations for the United States](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/toward-a-tradable-low-carbon-cement-standard-policy-design-considerations-for-the-united-states/3482)
**Author:** [@clf-admin](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/clf-admin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/toward-a-tradable-low-carbon-cement-standard-policy-design-considerations-for-the-united-states/3482 "2021-05-23T17:09:16Z")
\#Cement is the source of about 8% of the world’s #carbonemissions. Newly published paper by World Resources Institute (with support from Breakthrough Energy and Gates Ventures outlines design considerations for an effect… --- ## [Growing Awareness of Embodied Carbon](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/growing-awareness-of-embodied-carbon/3186)
**Author:** [@brian.mcsweeney](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/brian.mcsweeney)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/growing-awareness-of-embodied-carbon/3186 "2021-04-13T10:53:19Z")
Fellow Structural Engineers & Embodied Carbon Champions: Embodied Carbon is making the news more frequently in recent months. Here is an interesting example from The Guardian of how the subject is being addressed in the… --- ## [CLF Newsletter - April 2021](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/clf-newsletter-april-2021/3200)
**Author:** [@clf-admin](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/clf-admin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/clf-newsletter-april-2021/3200 "2021-04-06T16:37:01Z")
April 2021 Follow the Numbers: Driving Change with Data by Anthony Hickling, Managing Director, Carbon Leadership Forum Climate Change is trending. As people become more aware of the serious threats we face, concerne… --- ## [CLF Newsletter - January 2021](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/clf-newsletter-january-2021/3065)
**Author:** [@clf-admin](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/clf-admin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/clf-newsletter-january-2021/3065 "2021-03-11T01:27:37Z")
A Carbon Theory of Change by Andrew Himes, Director of Collective Impact, Carbon Leadership Forum In the immortal words of Wikipedia, the ancient Roman god Janus was “the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, … --- ## [CLF Newsletter - March 2021](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/clf-newsletter-march-2021/3061)
**Author:** [@clf-admin](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/clf-admin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/clf-newsletter-march-2021/3061 "2021-03-10T21:07:20Z")
Building with Biomass by Kate Simonen, Founder and Executive Director, Carbon Leadership Forum What if instead of emitting carbon, factories drew down carbon from the atmosphere and stored it in building materials? W… --- ## [CLF Newsletter - February 2021](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/clf-newsletter-february-2021/2982)
**Author:** [@clf-admin](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/clf-admin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/clf-newsletter-february-2021/2982 "2021-02-23T20:03:04Z")
February 2021 Leadership to Enable Communities By Anthony Hickling, Managing Director, Carbon Leadership Forum 2021 will be a better year for climate leadership. From corporate sustainability reports, to local cli… --- ## [EC News: C40 Clean Construction Declaration and Pledge Signed by LA, CDMX, Oslo, and Budapest](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/ec-news-c40-clean-construction-declaration-and-pledge-signed-by-la-cdmx-oslo-and-budapest/2639)
**Author:** [@Luke-Lombardi](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/Luke-Lombardi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/ec-news-c40-clean-construction-declaration-and-pledge-signed-by-la-cdmx-oslo-and-budapest/2639 "2020-11-25T19:40:20Z")
Exciting news from C40. Los Angeles, Mexico City, Olso, and Budapest have become signatories to the Clean Construction Declaration, committing to substantive reductions in embodied carbon. More about Planned Actions by t… --- ## [Growth in floor area: the blind spot in cutting carbon-Review?](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/growth-in-floor-area-the-blind-spot-in-cutting-carbon-review/519)
**Author:** [@ksimonen](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/ksimonen)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/growth-in-floor-area-the-blind-spot-in-cutting-carbon-review/519 "2020-10-21T10:21:29Z")
I just was pointed to this opinion piece focusing on how building less should be one of the most important carbon reduction strategies. I read the headings and it looks right on target and want to tag it to read later. … --- ## [New Lehigh Cement EPD shows value of EcoCem®PLC ( Type IL cement)](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/new-lehigh-cement-epd-shows-value-of-ecocem-plc-type-il-cement/2076)
**Author:** [@Chris-CE](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/Chris-CE)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/new-lehigh-cement-epd-shows-value-of-ecocem-plc-type-il-cement/2076 "2020-06-26T23:49:58Z")
Hi Everyone, These new cement EPDs are the first to be produced under the newly released cement PCR. They demonstrate Lehigh Cement commitment to transparency and sustainability, and perhaps as important, they clearly s… --- ## [Quantifying the Carbon Uptake of Hempcrete](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/quantifying-the-carbon-uptake-of-hempcrete/1965)
**Author:** [@jayarehart](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/jayarehart)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/quantifying-the-carbon-uptake-of-hempcrete/1965 "2020-06-21T11:07:32Z")
Hempcrete is often though of as a carbon “negative” material, or a construction material that stores more carbon than it emits. Yet, how much carbon can it store? Well, that depends on a numerous factors, primarily the t… --- ## [UK IStruct E....Embodied Carbon Leadership and Communications](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/uk-istruct-e-embodied-carbon-leadership-and-communications/1721)
**Author:** [@ksimonen](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/u/ksimonen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.carbonleadershipforum.org/t/uk-istruct-e-embodied-carbon-leadership-and-communications/1721 "2020-06-02T14:23:13Z")
Amazing leadership from UK Structural Engineers! The Institution of Structural Engineers launches bold action and resources to address #embodiedcarbon and action you can take to respond to the Carbon Leadership Forum’s …