Recent years have shown that the fight against climate change is the challenge of the century; it is now essential to support the various stakeholders in finding robust tools that will enable them to successfully achieve their climate targets and make a successful transition to sustainable models that effectively tackle greenhouse gas emissions.

During this plenary session, the importance was emphasised of implementing a housing and urban development policy aimed at adapting cities to global warming, reintroducing sustainable materials into construction, and, finally, reducing the energy consumption of buildings.