A striking growth of CO2 emissions from the global cement industry driven by new facilities in emerging countries

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 044007 - 44019
• Main Authors: Chen, Cuihong, Xu, Ruochong, Tong, Dan, Qin, Xinying, Cheng, Jing, Liu, Jun, Zheng, Bo, Yan, Liu, Zhang, Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.04.2022
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; carbon commitment; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Cement; Cement industry; Climate change; Climate change mitigation; Clinker; Construction; Construction materials; Developing countries; Developmental stages; emerging countries; Emission analysis; Emissions; Emitters; Growth rate; Industrial development; Industrial emissions; Infrastructure; LDCs; Regional development; size- and age-based characteristics; striking growth; unit-level database; Urbanization; Middle East; Asia; China; Africa

Global industrialization and urbanization processes enabled a diverse cement production boom over the past three decades, as cement is the most important building construction material. Consequently, the cement industry is the second-largest industrial CO2 emitter (∼25% of global industrial CO2 emis...