Following her participation at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, and building on her involvement in previous UN climate conferences, Mina Hasman has authored an opinion piece for The Architects’ Journal, calling for COP30 to mark a new era of decisive climate action and implementation.
In the article, she notes: “COP negotiations have been built on the belief that momentum, goodwill, and ambition are sufficient. We developed science-based targets, working groups, innovation accelerators, and sectoral pathways. But COP30 has made the limits of voluntary approaches unmistakably clear. The world no longer lacks solutions. It lacks regulatory mandates, aligned policies, and financing for deployment and demonstration, as well as the institutional authority to scale them.”