News & Analysis - Leadership Group for Industry Transition

20 October 2024

India and Sweden the perfect match – driving policy, technology and finance for net zero

Written by Danny Chapman, Jane Birch

Decarbonizing the global cement and steel industries through partnerships enabled by LeadIT was top of the agenda at the India Sweden Innovation Day held in Stockholm.

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26 February 2024

The Need for Partnerships – A LeadIT Stakeholder Briefing

Ambassadors and representatives from 12 countries encompassing both the global south and the global north joined government and industry for a briefing in Stockholm on accelerating the industry transition. The event was hosted by the Indian Ambassador and the LeadIT Secretarial alongside the Swedish State Secretary for Climate and Environment.

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Group photo taken the end of th LeadIT breakfast briefing in Stockholm

25 October 2023

LeadIT Green Steel Tracker shows top 50 producers lag on emission targets

New plans for coal-based steelmaking capacity are outpacing greener primary steel production methods with only a third of the world’s top 50 producers having announced targets to reach net zero by mid-century, finds a new report from Global Energy Monitor and the LeadIT Secretariat.

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23 October 2023

National LeadIT Workshop on Steel hosted by India

On 18th October the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change together with the Ministry of Steel hosted a LeadIT Workshop on Low Carbon Development in the Indian steel sector. UNDP and Invest India supported in organizing the event.

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Attendees at the National LeadIT Workshop on Steel held to facilitate deliberations on Low Carbon Transition of the Steel sector in India

18 October 2023

Green steel transition in South Africa: insights from decarbonization workshop

Earlier this year, the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) and Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) organized a workshop, hosted by the South African government, to advance the development of a national roadmap for decarbonizing South Africa’s steel industry. The workshop brought together more than 40 decision-makers and experts from industry, government, academia, and civil society.

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Green steel transition in South Africa: insights from decarbonization workshop

14 April 2023

Industry stakeholders gather in South Africa to map decarbonisation challenges and opportunities in the iron and steel value chain

On 18 April, LeadIT is co-hosting a workshop to discuss challenges and opportunities to decarbonize South Africa´s iron and steel value chain together with the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition (dtic) in South Africa and Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). The workshop will bring together more than 40 decision-makers and experts from industry, government, academia and civil society.

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