http://hdl.handle.net/10453/35348 2026-08-08T00:15:23Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/195901 Title: The Role of Investors in Measuring and Achieving Lower Embodied Carbon in Real Estate and Infrastructure Authors: Verheyen, K Abstract: This guidance was developed by the Materials and Embodied Carbon Leaders’ Alliance (MECLA), with support from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). The authors acknowledge the feedback and contributions from members of the MECLA Subgroup on Finance (part of Working Group 1: Demand) and the IGCC Real Assets Sub-Working Group 2026-06-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/195896 Title: Party membership and affiliation: Realizing party linkage and community in the twenty-first century Authors: Gauja, A; Kosiara-Pedersen, K; Weissenbach, K Abstract: Since the turn of the century, the emergence of new (types of) parties and the organizational evolution of established ones has challenged traditional ideas of party membership with innovative forms of membership and affiliation. These shifts affect how parties build linkage and sustain their communities. While many studies focus on the changing nature of membership within individual parties, a comprehensive, comparative understanding of these changes – what is driving them, and how they impact the democratic functioning of political parties – is lacking. We establish a theoretical and empirical framework to investigate these phenomena that distinguishes between the concept of party membership (what it is supposed to achieve) and the way in which party membership is operationalized from the perspective of the state, parties as organizations and individuals. Our framework and illustrative examples serve as a foundation for the comprehensive empirical analysis undertaken by the contributors to this special issue. 2025-03-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/195890 Title: Specification Guide: Embodied Carbon for Plastic Piping Authors: Bray, C 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10453/195889 Title: MECLA Spotlight on Biodiversity, Circularity and the Built Environment Authors: Verheyen, K Abstract: Hybrid event to promote report “From the Outside in – Buildings and Biodiversity” (co-published by WWF Australia, MECLA and The University of Sydney) with over 280 participants in attendance.