Manufacturing a Low-Carbon Society: How Can We Reduce Emissions from Cement

The report argues that current technologies are insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement's 1.5˚C limit for the steel and cement industries. While efficiency gains and energy supply decarbonisation could reduce emissions by 30%–50% below current trends by 2050, further reductions will require innovative low-carbon technologies, product substitutions, circular production, and carbon capture and storage (CCS).

• Current technological deployments in the steel and cement industries are likely insufficient to achieve the 1.5˚C limit set by the Paris Agreement.
• Combining improvements in efficiency with the decarbonisation of energy supplies could result in a 30%–50% reduction in emissions for steel and cement by 2050 compared to current trends.
• Deep decarbonisation of heavy industry requires a transition to innovative low-carbon technologies, circular production, product substitutions, and the potential industrial-scale use of carbon capture and storage (CCS), supported by targeted research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) efforts.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2017). Manufacturing a Low-Carbon Society: How Can We Reduce Emissions from Cement. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/manufacturing-a-low-carbon-society-how-can-we-reduce-emissions-from-cement

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Manufacturing a Low-Carbon Society: How Can We Reduce Emissions from Cement. 2017. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/manufacturing-a-low-carbon-society-how-can-we-reduce-emissions-from-cement.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2017manufacturing, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Manufacturing a Low-Carbon Society: How Can We Reduce Emissions from Cement}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2017}, month = oct, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/manufacturing-a-low-carbon-society-how-can-we-reduce-emissions-from-cement}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }