Climate Week NYC | Making Green Steel and Petrochemicals the Market Choice: Tackling Market Bottlenecks

Making Green Steel and Petrochemicals the Market Choice: Tackling Market Bottlenecks will bring together policymakers, manufacturers, downstream industries, financial institutions, and civil society to explore the answers to one fundamental question: how do we create a real market for genuinely green materials?

​While technologies are advancing, demand remains weak and uncertain to drive large-scale investment. The session will examine how governments and major buyers can use procurement, standards, certification, and finance to create stronger market demand. It will also explore why scaling demand must go hand in hand with accelerating the transition from high-carbon production pathways to low-carbon alternatives such as H2-DRI and NCC electrification, ensuring that policies and market incentives support the shift to green steel and low-carbon petrochemicals, rather than extending the life of emission-intensive production.