Cement substitution with secondary materials can reduce annual global CO2 emissions by up to 1.3 gigatons

Izhar Hussain Shah; Sabbie A. Miller; Daqian Jiang; Rupert J. Myers

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33289-7

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Cement substitution with secondary materials can reduce annual global CO2 emissions by up to 1.3 gigatons

Izhar Hussain Shah,
Sabbie A. Miller,
Daqian Jiang,
Rupert J. Myers

Affiliations

Izhar Hussain Shah: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
Sabbie A. Miller: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California
Daqian Jiang: Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama
Rupert J. Myers: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33289-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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In this paper we report the maximum potential for cement substitution with secondary materials to reduce CO2 emissions globally (1.3 Gt CO2-eq. in 2018) and on a country-by-country basis.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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