Net Zero Industry Tracker 2024 Cross Sector Findings
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Readiness assesses the impact of energy transition
strategies within the industrial and transport
sectors and discusses key cross-sector themes
across the five readiness dimensions: technology,
infrastructure, demand, capital and policy.
–According to several scenarios cited in this
report, the eight sectors are projected to
reduce emission intensity by 93% by 2050.
Key pathways for industrial sectors are process
shifts, electrification and CCUS, while transport
sectors focus on energy efficiency, hydrogen-
based fuels and biofuels.
–Notable progress has been made in technologies,
including battery electric planes, hydrogen and
hybrid electric planes, hydrogen bunkering,
ammonia-powered engines in shipping, combining
blast furnace-basic oxygen furnaces (BF-BOF)
with bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
(BECCS) in steel, hydrogen and CCUS in cement,
and downstream electrification in oil and gas.
–Infrastructure for clean power, clean fuels and
CCUS requires significant expansion to meet
the 2050 net-zero goal. Fossil fuels still account
for about 90% of the energy used across these
sectors, and less than 1% of the necessary
infrastructure for the target energy mix has
been established.
–Demand for low-carbon products is increasing,
but the gap between demand commitments and
willingness to pay green premiums limits scaling. –To reach net zero by 2050, $30 trillion in
investment is needed, with most sectors
operating on limited margins, making it
challenging for companies to absorb the
additional costs needed to develop clean
technologies while maintaining sufficient profits.
–Policies can create an enabling environment for
decarbonization and adoption of clean energy
across industries to support the global 2050
net zero target.
Target emissions
To achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and
evaluate progress across the eight sectors, this
section analyses target emissions for both BAU
and net-zero emissions (NZE) scenarios.
By 2050, according to several scenarios cited in this
report, industries like shipping, cement and chemicals
will need to nearly eliminate their direct emissions,
while sectors such as aviation, trucking, and oil and
gas will need to reduce direct emissions by 79%,
91% and 91%, respectively. These reductions
highlight the significant efforts required across all
sectors to achieve net zero, especially in those that
face more challenges in reducing emissions.3.2 Readiness
BAU 2050 and NZE 2050 emission intensity by sector FIGURE 10
8.078.3
-90%-100%
Steel
(tCO2 /t)
Cement
(tCO2 /t)
Aluminium
(tCO2 /t)
Primary
chemicals
(tCO2 /t)Shipping
(gCO2 /tnm)
Oil and gas
(kgCO2 /boe)Aviation
(gCO2 /RPK)
Trucking
(gCO2 /tkm)
BAU NZE107133.3
28.2-79%
37.2
3.4-91%
1.0
0.1-91%
1.0
-98%
0.38.5
-97%7.3
0.0
0.01.3
-98%0.0
Note: Emission intensity figures are not comparable between
sectors due to different units for production volumes.
Sources: IATA,30 IMO,31 IAI32 and IEA.33,34,35
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