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Heavy-industry process emissions
Cement, metals, chemicals and other industrial processes can produce substantial greenhouse-gas emissions from both energy use and process chemistry.
Why it matters
Industrial decarbonisation requires sector-specific changes in materials, processes, energy and demand.
What the sources establish
IPCC AR6 identifies industry as a major source of greenhouse-gas emissions and assesses material efficiency, process changes, electrification and other mitigation options.
Published action
No project on this issue has passed the IMPACT publication gate yet. That is not evidence that no work exists.
Known and not established
- Do not infer facility-level emissions or mitigation potential from global sector averages.
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Sources
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Approaches associated with this problem
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