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Local Time

Timezone: Europe/Madrid

Date: Nov 15 2025

Time: 21:30 - 22:30

Decarbonizing intensive industries faces significant challenges including the high initial costs of new technologies, the technological difficulty of replacing high-temperature processes and fossil fuels, need of regulations, and global competition.

We present the decarbonizing the cement sector that involves a combination of energy efficiency, switching to low-carbon fuels like hydrogen or biomass, using alternative cementitious materials to replace clinker, and implementing carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). The challenges and how the sector in Spain is seen their latest road map.

Objectives

Use the example of the cement sector to illustrate how their road map for decarbonization has progressed and the challenges and opportunities.

Combine this with some initial toughs on inclusion of sustainable finance.

Assess the process under IPCC to develop CDR methodologies to support emissions and removals estimations. 

Moderator

María José Sanz. Scientific Director of the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) / Bilbao / Spain.

Speakers

Miguel Ángel Sanjuán. Head of the cement and mortars area / Spanish Institute of Cement and its Applications / Spain.

Cristina Rivero. Director of Department for Energy, Industry and Environment / Head of CEOE delegation and DG Energyclub / Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE) / Spain.

Maria José Sanz. Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) and Member of the Task Force Bureau GHG Inventories of the IPCC.