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Manufacturers have a huge role to play in driving the transition to net zero, and PTC’s technology and solutions can help them achieve this writes Jessica Twentyman
Climate change is fast becoming everybody’s problem, as communities worldwide increasingly bear the brunt of droughts, floods, storms, forest fires and rising seas.
Manufacturing is responsible for around 20 percent of global carbon emissions. Image: sotck.adobe.com
The manufacturing and production sector has a big contribution to make in tackling the threat. It’s an engine of economic growth and social development, certainly, but it’s also responsible for producing 20% of global CO2 emissions and consuming 54% of the world’s energy, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) reports and online data.
FEATURE: Modern product design can bring bigger carbon savings later on 22 Apr 2021
Jessica Twentyman for PTC
Stock image. Modern product design techniques like generative design can bring big carbon savings later on (Credit: Shutterstock) Climate change is fast becoming everybody’s problem, as communities worldwide increasingly bear the brunt of droughts, floods, storms, forest fires and rising seas.
The manufacturing and production sector has a big contribution to make in tackling the threat. It is an engine of economic growth and social development, but it is also responsible for producing 20% of global CO
2 emissions and consuming 54% of the world’s energy, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF).