Low-cost Sustainable Building Materials and Construction Technologies

This document briefly introduces UN-HABITAT Shelter Initiative for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (SICCMA). This initiative aims to encourage the use of low-cost energy-efficient sustainable building materials and construction technologies and green building and neighborhood design in order to mitigate and adapt to the new conditions of climate change. The initiative is developed within the framework of UN-HABITAT Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net), and accordingly with the Kyoto Protocol.