Specific industry-related mitigation measures in six NDCs

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Country	Measure type	Sector/ industry	Measure
India	Regulation through policy	Cement, building	Fly Ash Utilization Policy: Only fly ash or fly ash-based products can be used in construction of buildings, roads and reclamation/compaction of land within 100 km of a coal or lignite-based thermal power plant, to reduce cement use.
	Energy efficiency, pollution control, waste mgmt	Not specified	Zero Effect, Zero Defect (ZED): Policy initiative to rate small and medium industries on their quality control and certification for energy efficiency, enhanced resource efficiency, pollution control, use of renewable energy, waste management etc.
	Energy efficiency	Not specified	Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT): Market-based energy-efficiency trading mechanism, at present covering 478 plants (designated consumers) in eight energy-intensive industrial sectors accounting for one-third of total energy consumption in the country.
	Pollution control	Not specified	Standards related to effluent discharge modified for over 2000 industries, focusing on reducing wastewater generation, conservation of water, promoting Zero Liquid Discharge, and use of treated effluent for irrigation.
		Not specified	Continuous Emission Monitoring System, obliging highly polluting industries to practise 24×7 real-time monitoring of emission and effluent discharge points.
		Not specified	Common effluent treatment plants set up to treat the effluent emanating from the clusters of compatible small-scale industries.
China	Expansion control	Not specified	Enhance controls on development intensity, limit large-scale industrialization and urbanization, strengthen the planning and construction of medium and small towns, encourage moderate population densities, and push forward appropriate-scale production and industrialization of agriculture in major agricultural production zones.
	Expansion control	Not specified	Embark on a new path of industrialization developing a circular economy, optimizing the industrial structure, revising guidance on the adjustment of industrial structure, strictly controlling the total expansion of industries with high energy consumption and emissions, accelerating the elimination of obsolete production capacity, and promoting the development of service industries and strategic emerging industries.
	Regulation through policy	Not specified	Introduce a withdrawal mechanism for those industries that do not match with functions of development-planning zones and develop low-carbon industries in line with local conditions and circumstances
	Emissions standards	Not specified	Promote low-carbon development of industrial sectors, implementing the Action Plan of Industries Addressing Climate Change (2012–2020), and formulating carbon emission control targets and action plans in key industries.
		Not specified	Research and formulate greenhouse gas emission standards for key industries.
		Not specified	Strengthen the management of carbon emissions for new projects and control greenhouse gas emissions originating from industrial production processes.
	Energy efficiency	Iron, steel, building, chemicals	Effectively control emissions from key sectors, including power, iron and steel, non-ferrous metal, building materials, and chemical industries, through energy conservation and efficiency improvement.
Indonesia	Change in processes	Cement	Target for cement industry to reduce clinker to cement ratio (in blended cement) from 80% clinker in 2010 to 75% in 2030.
	Change in processes	Steel	Steel industry to implement: CO2 recovery and improvement of processes in smelting and scrap utilization.
	Efficiency	Petrochemicals	Enhancing efficiency by feedstock utilization and CO2 recovery in primary reformers in petrochemical industry (in particular ammonia production).
	Pollution control	Aluminium	Remains of claim PFCs from CDM activities (aluminium smelter).
Japan	General		Promotion and enhancement of industries’ action plans for transition to a low-carbon society.
	Energy efficiency	Iron and steel	Efficiency improvement of electricity-consuming facilities.
			Improvement of power generation efficiency.
			Enhanced energy efficiency and conservation facilities.
		Chemicals	Introduction of energy efficiency and conservation process technology in petrochemicals industry.
			Introduction of energy efficiency and conservation process technology in other chemical industries.
			Introduction of energy efficiency and conservation technology using membranes for distilling processes.
		Ceramics, stone and clay products	Introduction of conventional energy efficiency and conservation technologies (waste heat power generation, slag crushers, air-beam coolers, separator improvement, vertical roller coal mills).
		Cross-sectoral/ Other	Introduction of energy efficiency and conservation technologies in horticultural facilities
			Switch to energy efficient and conserving fishing vessels.
			Promotion of cooperative energy efficiency and conservation measures across industries.
			Thorough implementation of energy management in industry.
	Chemical recycling	Iron and steel	More chemical recycling of waste plastic at steel plants.
	Change in processes	Iron and steel	Introduction of next-generation coke making process (SCOPE21).
			Introduction of innovative iron-making process (Ferro Coke).
			Introduction of environmentally harmonized steelmaking process (COURSE50).
		Chemicals	Introduction of technology using CO2 as a feedstock.
			Introduction of chemical production with inedible plant-based materials.
			Introduction of sealed plant factories.
		Ceramics, stone and clay products	Introduction of technologies for using waste (e.g. plastic) as alternative source of thermal energy
			Introduction of innovative cement production processes.
			Introduction of glass melting processes.
	Pollution control	Chemicals	Introduction of electricity-generating wastewater processing with microbial catalysis.
	Efficiency	Pulp/ paper/ paper products	Introduction of high-efficiency technology for producing pulp from old paper.
	New technology	Pulp/paper/paper products	Introduction of high-temperature and pressure-recovery boilers.
		Cross-sectoral/ Other	Introduction of high-efficiency air conditioners.
			Introduction of industrial heat pumps (heating-drying).
			Introduction of industrial light.
			Introduction of low-carbon industrial furnaces.
			Introduction of industrial motor.
			Introduction of high-performance boilers.
			Direct use of recycled plastic flakes.
			Introduction of hybrid construction machines, etc.
			Introduction of energy efficiency and conservation farming machinery.
			Promote low carbonization in special vehicles.
Morocco	Energy efficiency	Not specified	Reduce energy consumption in buildings, industry and transport by 12% by 2020 and 15% by 2030. The breakdown of expected energy savings per sector is 48% for industry, 23% for transport, 19% for residential and 10% for services.
	Energy efficiency	Not specified	Energy-efficiency actions in industrial firms.
	Energy recovery	Not specified	Implementation of a pilot project for energy recovery from air compressors in 250 industrial companies (conditional).
	Fuel switching	Not specified	Supply major industries with imported and regasified natural gas by pipeline.
		Not specified	Taking stock, organizing and valuing the biomass sector in order to promote biomass use in industry as a substitute for fuel oil (conditional).
		Not specified	Import liquefied petroleum gas to increase its share in the industrial sector as a substitute for fuel oil, and to improve efficiency and local environment (conditional).
	Recycling	Building	Implementation of a fly ash-recycling project within the building materials industry (conditional).
	Regulation through policies	Not specified	Implementation programme for an energy and output management system (EOMS), and implementation of ISO 50001 standard in industry (conditional).
Uruguay	Energy efficiency	Not specified	Implementation of measures to promote energy efficiency in residential, industry and transport sectors.
	Pollution control	Not specified	Promotion of industrial wastewater treatment systems that consider the capture and burning of biogas in anaerobic systems.
	Pollution control	Not specified	Improvement in industrial wastewater treatment systems with technologies that reduce CH₄ (methane) emissions. This includes the implementation of new CH₄ capture and burning systems in anaerobic treatment systems where 30% of emissions are generated.
	New technology	Not specified	Wider use of solar collectors for hot water in large users, industrial and residential users.
	Fuel switching	Cement	Replacement of fossil fuels with lower-GHG emission alternatives in cement production; up to 30% replacement rate depending on plants and local availability of alternatives.

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