Climate Neutral Europe
Flat Glass in a Climate-Neutral Europe
A strategic material for decarbonising Europe’s buildings, transport, and energy systems.
2050 | Flat Glass in Climate-Neutral Europe
The flat glass sector is indispensable to the massive decarbonisation of the building, transport and energy sectors, which represent the lion’s share of Europe’s CO2 emissions. Flat glass manufacturing is also an energy-intensive activity. The sector takes it as its duty to reduce its own CO2 emissions, which represents a significant challenge in moving towards carbon neutrality. In today’s climate urgency context, the flat glass sector wants to offer its vision of a rapidly actionable virtuous decarbonisation cycle.
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Flat glass manufacturing in a climate-neutral Europe
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