The Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap aims at reducing industrial carbon emissions by 2.9 gigatonnes cumulatively by 2050.
Focusing on manufacturing and hard-to-abate sectors, including cement, iron, steel and aluminium, the strategic initiative reflects the country’s commitment to climate action and achieving sustainability goals.
Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology built the roadmap alongside strategic partners in the government and private sectors. It was created in line with the UAE’s Net Zero 2050 by strategic initiative, as well as the UAE’s third update of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The roadmap comprises three phases as follows:
In the roadmap, there are separate decarbonization timelines for different hard-to-abate sectors, such as iron, steel, aluminium, cement and petrochemicals. The roadmap indicates that carbon capture, utilisation and storage, and clean electricity and efficiency enhancements alone could be responsible for a carbon reduction of 70 per cent by 2050. The action plan set out in the roadmap will cut 90 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.
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