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Industry

Global carbon dioxide emissions by country in 2023:

  China (31.8%)

  United States (14.4%)

  European Union (4.9%)

  India (9.5%)

  Russia (5.8%)

  Japan (3.5%)

  Other (30.1%)

Industry is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases when direct and indirect emissions are included. Electrification can reduce emissions from industry. Green hydrogen can play a major role in energy-intensive industries for which electricity is not an option. Further mitigation options involve the steel and cement industry, which can switch to a less polluting production process. Products can be made with less material to reduce emission-intensity and industrial processes can be made more efficient. Finally, circular economy measures reduce the need for new materials. This also saves on emissions that would have been released from the mining of collecting of those materials.