Significant changes in how cement and concrete are produced and used are urgently needed to achieve deep cuts in emissions in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Abbreviations and Acronyms
- AI
- artificial intelligence
- B2DS
- Beyond 2°C Scenario
- BCSA
- Belite sulphoaluminate clinker(s) (same as BYF)
- BAT
- best available technology
- BIM
- building information modelling
- BPC
- belite-rich Portland clinker(s)
- BYF
- belite ye’elimite-ferrite clinker
- CCSC
- carbonatable calcium silicate clinker(s)
- CCS/U
- carbon capture and storage/and utilization
- CO2
- carbon dioxide
- CSA
- calcium sulphoaluminate clinker
- CSI
- Cement Sustainability Initiative
- EPD
- Environmental Product Declaration
- EPO
- European Patent Office
- ETP
- Energy Technology Perspectives
- ETS
- Emissions Trading System
- GBFS
- granulated blast furnace slag
- GGBS
- ground granulated blast furnace slag
- GJ
- gigajoule(s)
- GNR
- Getting the Numbers Right Dataset
- GT
- gigatonnes
- IEA
- International Energy Agency
- MJ
- megajoule(s)
- MOMS
- magnesium oxides derived from magnesium silicates
- mt
- million tonnes
- OPC
- Ordinary Portland Cement
- RTS
- Reference Technology Scenario
- SBT
- science-based target
- SCM
- supplementary cementitious material
- SDG
- Sustainable Development Goal
- t
- tonne(s)
- VAT
- value-added tax
- WIPO
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- 2DS
- 2°C Scenario