On 20 November 2024, Rouven Stubbe, energy economist and consultant for the Low Carbon Ukraine project, took part at the Kryvyi Rih International Forum on Green Metallurgy. Kryvyi Rih has been severely affected by the environmental impacts of mining and metallurgy, as well as repeated attacks on civilian energy, industrial and residential infrastructure during the ongoing war.

Despite these challenges, Kryvyi Rih’s city council and business community are actively developing ideas for the recovery and transformation of its industrial sector. During the panel discussion many participants presented initiatives and technologies for low-carbon iron and steel production, as well as circular approaches to the reuse of iron ore tailings and steel slag.

The Low Carbon Ukraine-project contributed to the event with a presentation of its latest study on the possible role of carbon pricing for a green reconstruction of Ukraine’s industrial sector, which provides an overview of implications for the industrial sector of Ukraine’s upcoming ETS-scheme, different design options on competitiveness and investment conditions for low carbon technologies.

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