This publication was prepared by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the OECD Programme on Decarbonising Buildings in Cities and Regions in the Programme of Work and Budget of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC). The report was supported financially by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion of France.
The report and underlying policy dialogue were co-ordinated by Takeshi Miyamori, Programme Manager – Sustainable Buildings, with the support of Ji Soo Yoon, Policy Analyst, under the supervision of Aziza Akhmouch, Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development (CITY) Division in the CFE. The report was drafted by a core CFE team composed of Takeshi Miyamori and Ji Soo Yoon, with input and desk research from Connaught Lee, Andres Rocha Zarate, Mahala Lahvis, Matylda Strand and Albert Alonso-Villar (all CFE). The report benefited from comments and suggestions from Nadim Ahmad, Deputy Director, Soo-Jin Kim, Deputy Head of Division, and Tadashi Matsumoto, Head of the National Urban Policy and Climate Resilience Unit in the CFE.
The authors are grateful to Emmanuel de Lanversin, Yves-Laurent Sapoval and Régis Meyer from the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion of France for their excellent collaboration and support throughout the policy dialogue.
The report builds on the results of the OECD Global Survey on Buildings and Climate, which was conducted from September 2023 to January 2024, in collaboration with UNEP/Global ABC, UN-Habitat and the Partnership for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB). Special thanks are conveyed to all country respondents from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
An earlier version of the report was discussed at the 35th session of the OECD Working Party on Urban Policy (WPURB) on 14 May 2024, under cote [CFE/RDPC/URB(2024)11]. The final report was submitted to the WPURB for approval by written procedure on 12 August 2024, under cote [CFE/RDPC/URB(2024)15]. The publication process was led by Jack Waters (CFE).