On April 19 in Ottawa, Canada 2020 hosted our first Net-zero Leadership Summit, a gathering of leading experts and innovators from across Canada and beyond to explore the challenges and opportunities of achieving a net-zero economy. As we undergo shared global health and environmental challenges, along with major geopolitical and economic shifts, we must look to how markets, governments, and people can forge a new and better path forward. In the next of our series of highlight conversations from this summit, we join Gregor Robertson (Former Mayor of Vancouver, Executive Vice President of Nexii, and Ambassador for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy), Alex Lau (Chairman of Carbon America, Vice President of Golden Properties, and Board member at Terramera), and Sandrine Tremblay (Co-President and CTO of Kolostat & Krome) in conversation on the housing and building sector, and future of our built environment.

This conversation has been edited for length and clarity ahead of publication.