4PLANET IMPACT / ISSUE
Resource- and emissions-intensive heavy industry
Steel, cement, chemicals and other heavy industries use large quantities of energy and materials and can generate process emissions.
Why it matters
Industrial impacts are embedded in products and infrastructure and require sector-specific technology, material and demand strategies.
What the sources establish
IPCC AR6 assesses industry as a major mitigation sector and identifies material efficiency, circularity, electrification and process innovation among relevant pathways.
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
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Sources
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Approaches associated with this problem
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