Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 will rest on these 3 pillars

Jan 17, 2020

A worker throws quartz sand in an electric arc furnace in a steel factory of Store Steel in Store, Slovenia November 17, 2016.

Technologies such as electric arc furnaces can help hard-to-abate sectors to decarbonize Image: REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic

Shunichi Miyanaga

Chairman of the Board, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

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