The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) has announced significant global engagement in aligning national climate commitments with the buildings sector, as over 40 countries worldwide have now used its NDC Scorecard for Sustainable Buildings to evaluate their countries’ climate action plans.

Since its launch in June 2025, the NDC Scorecard has sparked a global wave of collaboration — delivering more than 50 national workshops; engaging over 1,100 stakeholders from government, industry and finance; and generating 150 policy recommendations to 19 governments. These efforts have already led to 16 National Action Plans and contributed to new policy integrations in several countries that will advance sustainable building solutions in their jurisdictions and benefit millions of citizens. 

To date, tangible policy outcomes from the NDC Scorecard project include: two new national policies developed in Brazil, integrations within updated NDCs with five regulatory instruments in Chile’s NDC3.0 aligning with national recommendations, as well as four actions incorporated into Morocco’s NDC.  
 
Six new building policies have been integrated directly into Nigeria’s NDC — with coverage including the integration of energy efficiency and climate resilience into the national building code, the implementation of two smart, green and climate-resilient cities per geographical zone, and mandatory hazard mapping and risk zoning in local planning.