Climate change: How can we make greener steel and concrete?

Nov 10, 2021

It’s time to stop the growth of green-house gas emissions by decoupling industrial development from climate-polluting energy use. Image: Patrick Hendry/Unsplash

Li Yong

Director General, UN Industrial Development Organisation

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