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Almost all the carbon dioxide emissions from the highly emitting cement industry could be cut, according to a new report.
The concrete industry is responsible for eight per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions, but could cut its carbon footprint by 90 per cent, according to a report by the WWF.
Every ten per cent decrease in cement CO2 intensity by 2050 could save around 0.4 gigatonnes of CO2, WWF claims.
Launching its report in Poznan, Poland, where UN climate change talks are taking place, WWF head of climate business engagement Oliver Rapf said: "Cement companies do not suffer from a shortage of options to reduce their climate impact."
The report, which claims that cement related emissions will increase by 260 per cent in the 1990 to 2050 period, notes that China already accounts for 20 per cent of the international market.
Dry kilns, which are more efficient than shaft kilns, made up only 12 per cent of Chinese capacity in 2000.
However, the report expects the more efficient method to account for over 70 per cent of the total output by 2010.
The WWF has also criticised suggestions that high carbon intensity industries will move to countries with less stringent carbon regulations.
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