'Fundamental transformation': How light and heavy industries can chart their course towards net zero

Michael Holder
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The UN has set out challenging pathways for decarbonising steel, cement, chemicals, plastics, fashion and more - and they require urgent action in the 2020s

Decarbonising the world's hard-to-abate heavy industries and light consumer goods sectors is both technically and economically feasible by mid-century, but a major step-change in ambitious support and...

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