Industrial Decarbonisation Frontiers Report: Policy and Governance

Industrial production is responsible for approximately<br/>20% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.<br/>Until recently, cutting emissions from heavy industry<br/>received relatively little attention compared with other<br/>sectors such as electricity generation and transport.<br/>This is in part because it was seen as a ‘hard-to-abate’<br/>sector due to the technical and policy challenges<br/>involved. However, this situation changed with the<br/>UNFCCC Paris Agreement in 2015 and the publication<br/>of the 1.5°C report by the Intergovernmental Panel<br/>on Climate Change. These events helped to drive an<br/>increase in climate policy ambition, with the adoption of<br/>net zero targets in many countries. The net zero agenda<br/>has made it clear that sectors such as industry must<br/>now decarbonise rapidly, within the UK and abroad.