Industry
Industry could reduce its emissions by 7.3 Gt yearly by embracing passive or renewable-energy-based heating and cooling systems, improving energy efficiency and addressing other pressing issues, such as excessive methane leaks.
Actions are required at every level: government, private sector and the public.
- Impose and strengthen energy efficiency standards
- Price carbon — this will facilitate the drawdown of carbon-intensive technologies and promote more sustainable alternatives
- Promote the use of efficient and renewable heating and cooling
- Incentivize and mandate less emissions of greenhouse gases, including cutting methane leaks
- Scale up research and development to create new options for low-carbon industrial processes
- Audit the energy use and resource efficiency of your operations to identify cost-effective high-impact reductions
- Understand your exposure to climate risk and take precautions
- Embrace the opportunities associated with renewable energy and resource efficiency
- Be a leader in sustainable industrial practices
Join Race to Zero global campaign that is rallying support from business, cities, regions, and investors for a healthy, resilient, zero carbon recovery.
- Urge your politicians to propose ambitious policies for energy efficiency and to put a price on carbon
- Push for and support policies for energy efficiency and a price on carbon
- Speak up at work to make energy efficiency a collective issue
- Advocate for clean energy in your organization
- Talk to friends about the need for renewable energy and a price on carbon
- Attend or arrange events or communities for climate action
- Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle what you consume
- Ask companies and governments for information about how they produce and source both goods and services; read up on their commitments to sustainable production and practices
- Ask companies and government bodies for sustainable options
- Support companies that practice sustainable and circular practices; for example, patronize businesses that provide spare parts, offer take-back services to reclaim used goods and use recycled materials.
