Cement and concrete production and use are major contributors to overall emissions in sectors that are hard to decarbonize. In contrast to previous assessments that have explored strategies to reduce emissions from cement and concrete, this project’s proposed framework will include technological detail and economic feedback to all activities globally and in particular regions.

The MIT ASCENT 1 team will apply MIT’s Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) Model to quantify the global availability of waste CO₂ (e.g., from power generation, steel production or cement production) under different economic and policy scenarios until 2050/2070. For calculating waste CO₂ availability, the team plans to leverage existing scenario setups developed at the Joint Program.