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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2231-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2231-2025
Data description paper
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27 May 2025
Data description paper |  | 27 May 2025

Global and national CO2 uptake by cement carbonation from 1928 to 2024

Le Niu, Songbin Wu, Robbie M. Andrew, Zi Shao, Jiaoyue Wang, and Fengming Xi

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This study provides an accurate bottom-up quantification of cement carbonation sinks at national and global levels. It shows that the global CO2 uptake by cement materials increased from 7.74 Mt yr-1 in 1928 to 0.84 Gt yr-1 in 2023; for 2024, this value is projected to be 0.86 Gt yr-1. The accumulated CO2 uptake offsets about 46 % of cement process emissions. Dominance with respect to cement carbon uptake has shifted from the USA, Japan, and some European countries to emerging economies such as China and India.
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