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#82: Decarbonising Concrete and Steel, with Jeff Rissman

Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design

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Driving Clean Industrial Transformation Through City Policies

The chapter explores how cities can play a crucial role in decarbonising industries like steel and concrete by shaping policies such as green public procurement and updating building codes to consider embodied carbon emissions. It also discusses the concept of relocalization within the global supply chain and the impact of policies like the European Union's carbon border adjustment mechanism.

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