How 6 industries with heavy emissions are working on decarbonization

Ten years ago, before the Paris Agreement was negotiated at COP21, the high-emissions sectors of heavy industry and heavy transport were considered almost impossible to decarbonise or "too hard to reduce".

According to the Paris Agreement, we must reach net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 to limit global warming to 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels.

Aviation, shipping, trucking, aluminium, cement and concrete and steel account for around 25 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which could rise to 50 % by 2050 if left unchecked.

Today, however, these six sectors are taking key steps to decarbonise through the work of the 99 members of the First Movers Coalition (FMC) and its 13 government partners. (Kate Whiting, more at weforum.org)