The net-zero transition could result in a transformation of the world’s built environment, along with related industrial assets. Take steel. Based on our analysis of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) Net Zero 2050 scenario, low-emissions steel, which makes up about one-quarter of today’s output, would account for almost all of the world’s steel production by 2050.

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To read the article, see “Infrastructure for a net-zero economy: Transformation ahead,” April 6, 2022.