Transforming Chemicals

Transformation of the most widely used chemicals | critical factors
  • Ammonia: scaling up the use of green hydrogen production, with smaller roles for blue hydrogen and alternative pathways like methane pyrolysis and biomass-based hydrogen
  • Methanol: replace natural gas with a clean energy source such as green hydrogen or biomass; use synthetic CO2; capture process emissions
  • High-value chemicals like plastics: use alternative production methods such as bio-ethanol dehydration; capture and store cracker emissions; and increase recycling to reduce the need for virgin plastic production

Global burden of ammonia production

Industry-endorsed strategy for ammonia

In 2022, we developed an Ammonia Sector Transition Strategy in collaboration with a diverse set of industry leaders. This provides a shared vision for a clean ammonia future, modelling of pathways, real economy milestones and the industry, policy and finance actions required to get there. Assumptions have not been updated since publication, but the STS still represents a quantitative reference point.

Sector Transition Strategy documents

Report | Making net-zero ammonia possible


Industry-backed 1.5°C aligned transition strategy download

Pathways to net zero interactive modelling
Model code github

Sponsored by: Energy Transition Commission, RMI, We mean business Coalition, World Economic Forum

Further reading | Chemicals

• China is home to 1 in 2 of the world’s clean industrial plants
• A record 36 FIDs in 12 months
• A step change for the new industrial sunbelt as capital hits six projects
• 1,027 projects in development, worth $4.8 trillion in investment potential
• Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) accounts for one in three major investments

China and a growing group of renewables-rich emerging economies are attracting an increasing share of investment in clean industry, according to the latest findings from Mission Possible Partnership’s Global Project Tracker, supported by the Industrial Transition Accelerator (ITA). Clean industry, powered by renewable energy, is redrawing the world’s industrial map as projects move from the drawing board to construction.

China is one of a number of countries across the East Asian region where the steel sector is facing a pivotal moment, this is the second in a series of reports where we examine the opportunities for countries to reinforce the foundations of their industrial strength.

Steel’s transformation | China report 2026 | English download

共建绿色钢铁供应链 | China report 2026 | Chinese download

More to Explore

The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handle nearly 40 percent of US shipping container traffic; decarbonising the equipment that handles these containers needs to begin now.

Join MPP and the ITA in Belém

Green hydrogen and ammonia are essential for the transformation to clean industry and the Chifeng Green Hydrogen Net Zero Industrial Park is leading the way.

Read the full case study on our Build Clean Now campaign website
Bright Spot | Envision

Faustine will lead MPP’s growing portfolio of activities to unlock deep decarbonisation projects in industry, including live programmes in the US and Europe. The move signals a step-change for the organisation, which was founded in 2019 and recently established as a fully independent not-for-profit entity. With the Board’s backing, Faustine will lead a new strategic phase centered on supporting and unlocking decarbonisation projects across heavy industry and transport sectors, which together account for more than 30% of all global carbon emissions.

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