Briefing Note – Innovating Out of the Climate Crisis: Hard to Abate Sectors
By ASP Adjunct Fellow, Lindsay Iversen
Hard to abate sectors, including steel, cement, and chemical manufacturing account for approximately 30 percent of global carbon emissions. These heavy industries have immense heat and energy requirements and generate emissions from chemical reactions inherent in their manufacturing processes, making them notoriously difficult to decarbonize. But, with demand for these industries projected to grow in the coming decades, it is essential to find new approaches to cutting emissions from these industries.
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