News & Analysis - Leadership Group for Industry Transition

27 October 2025

Transition, Trade and Trust – Industry Decarbonisation in Uncertain Times

Written by Per Andersson

In Geneva on 23 and 24 October 2025, the Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs (TESS) organised its first annual conference "Trade Cooperation Pathways for Climate Action, Resilience and Justice". The event gathered leading experts from the worlds of trade and climate policymaking, including LeadIT's Head of Secretariat, Per Andersson.

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Per Andersson, Head of LeadIT Secretariat speaking at . "Trade Cooperation Pathways for Climate Action, Resilience and Justice" TESS Conference. Photo: TESS

23 October 2025

Pathways to inclusive green industrial policy: building shared opportunities across economies

Written by Aaron Maltais, Timothy Suljada

Major economies are implementing green industrial policies to speed up decarbonization and transform production. However, many approaches prioritize national competitiveness and security, and risk marginalizing developing countries. The article proposes four categories of measures to align industrial strategies with global fairness, shared climate objectives, and the Paris Agreement’s goals.

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24 April 2025

Technology Transfer – a WTO thematic session

Written by Jane Birch

On April 1st, 2025, the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) held its first thematic session dedicated to technology transfer featuring a range of speakers, including Per Andersson, Head of Secretariat at LeadIT.

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9 April 2025

Sustainable Industrial Transitions: Building global partnerships for inclusive green competitiveness

Written by Aaron Maltais, Timothy Suljada

A high level roundtable focussing on the global implications of the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal which explored opportunities to align green industrial policy with shared climate objectives, while balancing national competitiveness concerns.

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11 November 2024

A question of demand – hydrogen and renewable electricity for the EU steel and iron transition

Written by Eileen Torres Morales, Aaron Maltais

The steel industry needs to cut carbon emissions by 55% by 2030 to align with EU climate targets. A new report based on the LeadIT Green Steel Tracker analyses hydrogen and renewable electricity demands to support this green transition within Europe.

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EU flages in the foreground with a steel building behind.

20 October 2024

India and Sweden the perfect match – driving policy, technology and finance for net zero

Written by Danny Chapman, Jane Birch

Decarbonizing the global cement and steel industries through partnerships enabled by LeadIT was top of the agenda at the India Sweden Innovation Day held in Stockholm.

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