COP30: Showcase of highlighted results & solutions: clean industry – real projects, real progress, real bright spots

Context

The clean industry transition is no longer a distant ambition—it is unfolding now, reshaping economies and redefining industrial leadership. This high-level COP30 side event will spotlight the accelerating momentum of clean industrial development across energy-intensive sectors, showcasing real-world examples of policy innovation, investment breakthroughs, and collaborative action.

Industry accounts for nearly one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions and is central to the global energy transition. Decarbonising this sector is essential to achieving climate goals, but it also unlocks vast opportunities for economic growth, job creation, and resilient supply chains. Clean industry is emerging as the third pillar of the energy transition, alongside clean power and electrification, and is increasingly recognised as a cornerstone of future-proof development.

Drawing on the latest insights from initiatives such as the Climate Club, LeadIT, Industry Transition Accelerator (ITA) and the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization (AFID), the session will highlight how coordinated policy frameworks, technology co-development, and partnerships are enabling investments in industrial transformation. It will also reflect the urgency to scale up investment and accelerate Final Investment Decisions (FIDs), especially in hard-to-abate sectors like steel, cement, and chemicals.

Participants will hear from leaders across government, industry, and finance, and explore how clean industrial development is becoming a competitive advantage—especially for countries and companies that move early. The session will celebrate real progress and bright spots.

This session will not only showcase results—it will inspire the next wave of action. It is a call to scale up, speed up, and build clean now.

Objectives

This event will

• Demonstrate the powerful economic and development opportunities of clean industry, anchored in real-world policy and industrial progress
• Celebrate the advancing momentum of the clean industry transition
• Discuss policy levers needed to unlock investment and accelerate Final Investment Decisions
• Spotlight clean industry as the essential third pillar of the energy transition and a cornerstone of future-proof economic growth
• Showcase how diverse global initiatives are working together to scale industrial decarbonisation and deliver impact worldwide