This summary focuses on the industrial sectors that are at the front of supply chains, rely principally on the extraction or exploitation of natural resources, and are energy intensive in their industrial processes. They include mining, cement, iron and steel, chemicals, aluminium, and pulp & paper. This document is one of a series synthesizing the most pertinent findings of AR5 for specific economic and business sectors. It was born of the belief that the extractive and primary industries sector could make more use of AR5, which is long and highly technical, if it were distilled into an accurate, accessible, timely, relevant and readable summary.
Although the information presented here is a ‘translation’ of the key content relevant to this sector from AR5, the summary report adheres to the rigorous scientific basis of the original source material.