Recent advances in chemistry 'may tackle emissions'

Recent key advances in chemistry could tackle emissions from the world's most polluting industries, according to a new study from a team led by Professor Mercedes Maroto Valer, Champion and Director of the Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) and Director of the Research Centre for Carbon Solutions (RCCS) at Herriot-Watt University in the UK, and Dr. Steve Griffiths, Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research at American University of Sharjah (AUS).

- Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

Published in Nature Reviews Chemistry, one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals, the paper, titled "Chemistry advances driving industrial carbon capture technologies," discusses how breakthroughs in chemistry are enabling more efficient and scalable carbon capture solutions for heavy industries such as oil and gas, steel, cement, aluminium and chemicals. Together, these industries account for 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and 85 percent of manufacturing-related emissions.