Insights - Leadership Group for Industry Transition

8 July 2022

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

Written by Somya Joshi, Gökce Mete, Girish Sethi, Arupendra Nath Mullick

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 June 2022

Towards a sustainable global construction and buildings value chain

Written by Linus Linde, Astrid Nilsson Lewis, Felipe Sanchez

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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2 June 2022

The role of international finance institutions in the low-carbon steel transition

Written by Aaron Maltais, Linus Linde, Felipe Sanchez, Gökce Mete

International Finance Institutions are currently primarily investing in "business-as-usual" steel projects in Europe, but they could play an important role in the decarbonisation of the steel sector.

Building materials Finance Steel

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1 June 2022

High-level meeting on industry transition underlines growing global efforts to scale up zero-carbon tech and achieve a just transition

New members and sector commitments announced at the Industry Transition Dialogue signaled growing momentum for industry decarbonization. The high-level meeting was co-organized by the Leadership Group for Industry Transition, LeadIT, and the World Economic Forum in connection to Stockholm+50.

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18 May 2022

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

Written by Rana Ghoneim, Gökce Mete, Anthony Hobley

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

Building materials Cement Steel

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11 April 2022

LeadIT Dialogue: Preventing the Risks of Carbon Leakage

Written by Astrid Nilsson, Felipe Sanchez, Gökce Mete

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 Steel

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