Industrial Decarbonization
Production of industrial materials contribute to over a third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Reconciling the growth of industrial output with global climate ambitions remains one of our toughest challenges.
CPI leverages its expertise across sectors, actors, and geographies to support industrial decarbonization, including work to develop a roadmap for financing industrial decarbonization and policy interventions that best enable the development and deployment of low-carbon technologies required for long-term decarbonization of the largest emitting industrial sectors.
Featured work
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Analysis: Costs and Impacts of Low-Carbon Technologies for Steel and Cement Sectors in India
This piece discusses key policy recommendations from the steel and cement sectors in India based on our analysis of low-carbon solutions (LCS), which are critical in policy-making and investment decisions.
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Blog: The Path to Decarbonizing India's Steel and Cement Industry
This blog highlights the urgent need for strong public policy and financial support in India to align two of the country’s largest CO2-emitting industrial sectors with long-term, low-carbon pathways.
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Policy Brief: Policies and Enabling Environment to Drive Private Investments for Industrial Decarbonization in India
This brief aims to support policymakers in making informed decisions and prioritize actions that can drive climate-aligned private investments to bridge the financing gap for low-carbon development of industries in India.
Latest work
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Assessing the Quality of Adaptation Finance
A decision-support tool helping public finance providers in allocating scarce resources strategically to maximize adaptation and development outcomes.
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Closing the water finance gap: Five lessons from a decade of practice
Five lessons for closing the water finance gap, drawn from a decade of practice.
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Transforming Brazilian Cattle Ranching: Enhancing Productivity and Mitigating Methane Emissions
Researchers from CPI/PUC-Rio examine the strategic role of Brazilian cattle ranching in the context of climate change. The analysis identifies the main sources of methane emissions in the sector and presents a set of solutions that can enhance cattle productivity and emissions reductions.
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From Commitment to Catalyst: Unlocking the Full Potential of VCEFs
With concessional climate finance becoming increasingly scarce, public funds must be deployed strategically to stimulate larger investments in emerging markets and developing economies.
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Roadmap Platform to Halting and Reversing Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030
Resource hub for updates and technical materials on the Roadmap to Halt and Reverse Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030.
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Assessing Climate Risks to India’s Power Sector: A District-Level and Asset-Level Methodology for Climate-Resilient Power Systems
India has faced 400+ extreme weather events over three decades, yet most climate risk tools stop at hazard identification. CRAF, developed by CPI India, goes further — quantifying operational and financial risk across the power sector value chain.
