Industrial decarbonization under Japan's national mitigation scenarios: a multi-model analysis.

ABSTRACT: Energy-intensive industries are difficult to decarbonize. They present a major challenge to the emerging countries that are currently in the midst of rapid industrialization and urbanization. This is also applicable to Japan, a developed economy, which retains a large presence in heavy industries compared to other developed economies. In this paper, the results obtained from four energy-economic and integrated assessment models were utilized to explore climate mitigation scenarios of Japan's industries by 2050. The results reveal that: (i) Japan's share of emissions from industries may increase by 2050, highlighting the difficulties in achieving industrial decarbonization under the prevailing industrial policies; (ii) the emission reduction in steelmaking will play a key role, which can be

SUBMITTER: Ju Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7970825 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature