Reducing CO2 emmision (ever-growing need of real estate)

Summary:

The article said that climate change is upon us. We NEED to be aware of this issue. It is said that one of the major cause of climate change is the ever-growing need of real estate developers for new sites. I'm also surprise that the CO2 total of the ever-growing need of real estate is more than transportation CO2 total. People have been looking at Jakarta, which is the capital city of Indonesia. It is said that Jakarta has many demands from the people for more houses, shopping facilities, etc... This can lead to a huge problem for the environment. That's why, people have a solution for this problem which is to re-develop some buildings. We don't need to chop down more trees to build the demands, we could just re-develop or fix some old buildings to new ones! Now, many countries in the world, including Indonesia, has been aware to this issue and is trying to reduce CO2..which is a good thing. Reducing Co2 can contribute positively to the environment, and even to the economic! :)

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/31/indonesian-real-estate-industry-and-climate-change-issue.html

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