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Global efforts to decarbonize heavy industry remain insufficiently aligned. While relatively new forms of international collaboration between and among states and companies are emerging, there is still considerable room to embark on more structured knowledge-sharing activities and coherent action among nations. In order to assess the concrete needs of an industry transition at scale, this paper analyzes 29 industry transition roadmaps across 13 countries, spanning the value chain of extractive, processing, and end-use heavy industry sectors. We compare and contrast these roadmaps according to the degree of ambition in decarbonization targets, the financial costs of implementing the roadmaps, and the key mitigation measures to achieve decarbonization targets. Importantly, this paper synthesizes and categorizes key policy, finance, and technology requirements called for to enable roadmap implementation. We demonstrate that the implementation of roadmaps across different industries and countries encounters common and comparable barriers and challenges, highlighting the need for international cooperation to facilitate global industry transitions.
Oliver Johnson; Gökçe Mete; Felipe Sanchez; Zoha Shawoo; Sara Talebian. Toward Climate-Neutral Heavy Industry: An Analysis of Industry Transition Roadmaps. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 5375 .
AMA StyleOliver Johnson, Gökçe Mete, Felipe Sanchez, Zoha Shawoo, Sara Talebian. Toward Climate-Neutral Heavy Industry: An Analysis of Industry Transition Roadmaps. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (12):5375.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOliver Johnson; Gökçe Mete; Felipe Sanchez; Zoha Shawoo; Sara Talebian. 2021. "Toward Climate-Neutral Heavy Industry: An Analysis of Industry Transition Roadmaps." Applied Sciences 11, no. 12: 5375.
With increasing globalisation of bioresource use, expanding trade in bio-based products, and transboundary environmental impacts, distinct international dimensions arise in the governance of the bioeconomy. These international dimensions suggest that—despite bioeconomy strategies being largely national endeavours thus far—increased international cooperation and collaboration on the emerging bioeconomy is warranted. This paper looks at the global environmental governance landscape and investigates which fora, institutions, and processes might support and strengthen the international governance of bioeconomy pathways. The paper focuses on institutions that work in a cross-sectoral manner and is, to our knowledge, a first attempt at this exploration in the bioeconomy literature. Thus, the paper aims at increasing our understanding of how global bioeconomy pathways are governed and which venues of cooperation could play a more important role in the future. Based on a focused literature review, stakeholder engagement and semi-structured interviews with bioeconomy experts, we observe that, while there are many institutions playing a role in global bioeconomy governance, several barriers remain. We propose that regional cooperation might be a promising way forward to address common challenges and opportunities.
Stefan Bößner; Francis Johnson; Zoha Shawoo. Governing the Bioeconomy: What Role for International Institutions? Sustainability 2020, 13, 286 .
AMA StyleStefan Bößner, Francis Johnson, Zoha Shawoo. Governing the Bioeconomy: What Role for International Institutions? Sustainability. 2020; 13 (1):286.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefan Bößner; Francis Johnson; Zoha Shawoo. 2020. "Governing the Bioeconomy: What Role for International Institutions?" Sustainability 13, no. 1: 286.