Plan A, No Plan B with Mentor Pllana

In this episode of Plan A, No Plan B with Mentor Pllana, we address the elephant in the room: housing and climate change.

Today, over 50% of the world’s population lives in cities. By 2040, that number will reach 75%. In the next two decades alone, three billion people will be added to urban areas - requiring roughly 40% more housing globally.

At the same time, one billion people live in slums and over 100 million are homeless. Construction already accounts for nearly half of global CO₂ emissions when materials, transport and energy use are combined. Housing and climate are not separate problems - they are the same system.

This episode explores why our current extractive model of “take, make, use and lose” no longer works, and why we must transition toward regenerative systems of “take, make, use and reuse.”

This episode is part of the series The Future Is Happening Now, focused on housing, industry and global systems.

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In this episode of Plan A, No Plan B with Mentor Pllana, we explore how humanity is simultaneously falling short on social progress while overshooting planetary boundaries.

Our economic and industrial systems are failing to meet human needs, while at the same time exceeding the ecological limits of the planet. This imbalance defines the core challenge of our time - and explains why incremental change is no longer enough.

This episode is part of the series The Future Is Happening Now, focused on industry, housing, sustainability and global systems.

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In this episode of Plan A, No Plan B with Mentor Pllana, we explore why the future is no longer something ahead of us - it is already happening now.

The InstaBuilt Innovation Center exists to connect people, technology and ideas into real, scalable systems. Through co-creation, co-building and co-development, we bring together architects, engineers, landowners and real estate developers to rethink how we design, build and scale globally.

This episode is part of the series The Future Is Happening Now, focused on industry, housing, innovation and global systems.

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