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24 May 2023

Unlocking the G20’s Green Public Procurement Potential

India, one of LeadIT’s founding Members, is hosting the G20 this year and is preparing a series of recommendations – T20 reports – that will be presented to G20 working groups, ministerial meetings, and the summit itself. LeadIT has authored one of the T20 reports on green public procurement, together with colleagues from UNIDO’s IDDI and SEI.

Building materials

Cement

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14 Apr 2023

Industry stakeholders gather in South Africa to map decarbonisation challenges and opportunities in the iron and steel value chain

On 18 April, LeadIT is co-hosting a workshop to discuss challenges and opportunities to decarbonize South Africa´s iron and steel value chain together with the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition (dtic) in South Africa and Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). The workshop will bring together more than 40 decision-makers and experts from industry, government, and civil society.

Developing Countries

Roadmaps for Industry Transition

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24 Mar 2023

March TEC meeting on decarbonization standards

The LeadIT Technical Expert Committee (TEC) meeting on 22 March invited representatives from the WTO, UNIDO's Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative, and Scania to speak about standards for the cement and steel sector.

Cement

Policy

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2 Nov 2022

A window of opportunity: five ways IFIs can support the transition to green steel in emerging and developing economies

International finance institutions can play an important role in kick-starting the transition to green steel, especially in emerging and developing regions.

Building materials

Finance

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8 Jul 2022

Insights from the steel sector decarbonization road-map workshop in India

This brief offers key sectoral insights and policy recommendations for steel decarbonization in India emerging from a LeadIT road-map workshop.

Developing Countries

Roadmaps for Industry Transition

Steel

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3 Jun 2022

Towards a sustainable global construction and buildings value chain

In this brief, we identify the challenges an opportunities for sustainability interventions in the construction sector value chains and present policy recommendations to address them.

Building materials

Cement

Policy

Steel

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18 May 2022

Steel and cement can drive the decade of action on climate change. This is how

COP26 commitments must now be turned into concrete actions – a complex but urgent task.

Building materials

Cement

Steel

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11 Apr 2022

LeadIT Dialogue: Preventing the Risks of Carbon Leakage

This brief summarises LeadIT's cross-sectoral policy dialogue on carbon leakage prevention measures and their impact on industry transition globally.

Building materials

Cement

Climate Politics

Finance

Policy

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4 Nov 2021

Compliance and Programme Evaluation for Green Public Procurement

In this brief, we give recommendations for the compliance and evaluation of Green Public Procurement programmes. This is the third and final brief in a series of white papers jointly produced by LeadIT, IDDI, UNIDO and the CEM.

Building materials

Cement

Finance

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3 Nov 2021

From ‘Hard-to-Abate’ to Net-Zero: Policy Priorities for Decarbonizing Steel by 2050

Based on three major new studies on the topic of steel decarbonization, this brief explores how the steel sector could achieve net zero by 2050.

Building materials

Policy

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21 Oct 2021

Standards and Evaluation Guidelines for Green Public Procurement

This brief focuses on the standards and evaluation guidelines for Green Public Procurement. It is the second brief in a series of white papers and is jointly produced by LeadIT, IDDI, UNIDO and CEM.

Building materials

Cement

Finance

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5 Oct 2021

Target Setting for Green Public Procurement Programmes

This is the first brief in a series of white papers produced by LeadIT, IDDI, UNIDO and the CEM. The brief details how to set targets for Green Public Procurement Programmes.

Building materials

Cement

Finance

Policy

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10 Jun 2021

Green steel production: How G7 countries can help change the global landscape

Emissions from steel production must decrease. This brief outlines what G7 countries can do to accelerate a change process in greening steel production that has already started.

Building materials

Policy

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1 Jun 2021

Fostering industry transition through green public procurement: A how to guide in the cement & steel sectors

This study provides an overview of the key components of green public procurement (GPP) policy design and methodologies for target setting.

Building materials

Cement

Finance

Policy

Steel

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24 May 2021

To decarbonize U.S. industry, look to federal and state-level partnerships

Cement, iron and steel, aluminum and chemicals are some of the most carbon-intensive industries in the United States. Coordinated state and federal action, in partnership with industries, will be essential for their decarbonization.

Building materials

Cement

Climate Politics

Finance

Policy

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27 Apr 2021

New Green Steel Tracker gathers information about low-carbon steel investments

The Green Steel Tracker gathers public announcements on low-carbon investments in the steel industry and presents them transparently in one place. Valentin Vogl (Lund University) and Felipe Sanchez (LeadIT) explain.

Finance

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23 Apr 2021

Tipping points in sight for the industry transition

Tipping points are emerging for heavy industry sectors that were previously thought of as ‘too hard to abate’. Demand side policies can turn this into a domino effect that leads to the systemic change required to deliver radical emission reductions, green jobs, and build back better.

Building materials

Cement

Climate Politics

Finance

Policy

Steel

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2 Dec 2020

Creating lead markets for green industrial products

This brief takes a closer look at three policy measures at the disposal of governments to support the creation of markets for green industrial products.

Cement

Policy

Steel

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5 Jul 2020

Five ways to finance the industry transition

An analysis of 30 industry transition roadmaps in 10 countries, carried out by LeadIT secretariat, reveals five common finance needs to deliver the transition.

Cement

Finance

Steel

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6 Dec 2019

Industry transitions:
a critical gap in national climate commitments

An SEI analysis reveals a lack of detail about how countries plan to cut emissions from industry in the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) they have submitted under the Paris Agreement.

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

Steel

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