The Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) gathers countries and companies that are committed to reaching net zero carbon emissions from industry by 2050. SEI serves as LeadIT’s Secretariat.
2020
Industry currently accounts for roughly 30% of global CO2 emissions. Industry actors will have to reduce emissions sharply in order for the world to reach the target of the Paris agreement – to limit global warming to “well below” 2% by the end of the century.
To that effect, the governments of Sweden and India, with support from the World Economic Forum (WEF) launched the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) at the UN Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit in September 2019. LeadIT is grounded in the conviction that partnership between the public and private sectors is key to achieving the industrial transition.
Read all LeadIT Insights at industrytransition.org/insights.
Feature / SEI’s Felipe Sanchez explains how the update to LeadIT’s Transition Tracker will make it easier to compare decarbonization plans around the world.
3 March 2021 / About Climate policy
Feature / The Green Steel Tracker gathers public announcements on low-carbon investments in the steel industry and presents them transparently in one place.
27 April 2021 / About Finance, Fossil fuels and Innovation
Other publication / Using case studies, this paper reviews public-private partnerships and policy mixes for industry transition on a global scale.
28 May 2021 / About Adaptation, Business, Climate policy, Mitigation, Public policy and Renewables
LeadIT carries out analysis to improve the collective understanding of the opportunities and challenges in industry transitions. It looks at global examples of industry transitions, as well as at key policy and industry levers to facilitate and manage transitions. LeadIT supports governments and industries to co-produce stakeholder-led pathways to low-carbon industry transformation. It also provides actionable measures on innovation and finance and gives a platform for sharing know-how.
LeadIT provides an arena for public-private collaboration and sectoral and cross-sectoral learning. It enables collaboration between political and industry decision makers by convening high level dialogues to catalyse leadership. It delivers a platform for sharing know-how on innovation opportunities and new technologies.
The management board is made up of representatives from Sweden, India and the World Economic Forum. A technical and expert committee made up of representatives from LeadIT members advises the board. The board approves new company members and decides on the workplan of the secretariat. The secretariat is responsible for managing the work of the leadership group and hosted by SEI.
Other publication / Green public procurement can accelerate emissions reductions. This paper provides an overview of policy design and target-setting methodologies.
1 June 2021 / About Business, Climate policy, Innovation, Mitigation, Public policy and Supply Chains
Other publication / Using case studies, this paper reviews public-private partnerships and policy mixes for industry transition on a global scale.
28 May 2021 / About Adaptation, Business, Climate policy, Mitigation, Public policy and Renewables
Other publication / The G7 can play a crucial role in ensuring the steel industry transitions towards a greener approach to production.
10 June 2021 / About Mitigation
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