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title: "Innovating Out of the Climate Crisis: Hard to Abate Sectors"
summary: |-
  Ed Rightor joins the American Security Project for a virtual webinar discussing hard-to-abate sectors, the role they play in global economics, and the policy and technological developments needed to facilitate climate-friendly manufacturing.
date: "2023-04-04"
issues: ["Clean Energy Innovation"]
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/events/2023/04/04/innovating-out-of-the-climate-crisis-hard-to-abate-sectors/"
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# Innovating Out of the Climate Crisis: Hard to Abate Sectors

**Location:** Virtual Webinar

Heavy industry, including steel, cement, and chemical manufacturing account for approximately 30 percent of global carbon emissions. These sectors have immense heat and energy requirements and generate emissions from chemical reactions inherent in their manufacturing processes, making them notoriously difficult to decarbonize. But, with demand for these industries projected to grow in the coming decades at the same time that scientists say that we must reach net zero, it is essential to find new approaches to cutting emissions from these industries. Join the American Security Project for the fifth installment of the Innovating Out of the Climate Crisis webinar series focused on hard to abate sectors, the role they play in global economics, and the policy and technological developments needed to facilitate climate-friendly manufacturing.

Register for the virtual webinar [here](https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/innovating-out-of-the-climate-crisis-hard-to-abate-sectors/). 

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/events/2023/04/04/innovating-out-of-the-climate-crisis-hard-to-abate-sectors/*