Industrial Decarbonisation Research & Innovation Centre (IDRIC) 2024-2025

解决工业排放问题对于英国履行其气候承诺，实现经济和社会繁荣，从零排放过渡至关重要。IDRIC成立于2021年，是UKRI工业脱碳挑战的一部分，旨在支持产业集群的脱碳。在此期间，IDRIC在关键时刻发展了一个具有影响力和影响力的网络，成为汇集研究和创新社区，加快产业集群脱碳速度和规模的重要催化剂。目前IDRIC活动的资金将于2024年春季停止。然而，对IDRIC正在提供的功能的需求——研究工作加上将相关参与者聚集在一个允许和鼓励信任与合作、减少障碍和加速进展的环境中——将持续几十年。英国需要采取长期的、数十年的决策，为到2030年代的工业减排提供长期承诺，而IDRIC在领导EPSRC开展英国工业脱碳战略方面处于非常有利的地位。该提案代表了为期12个月的过渡期（2024年4月至2025年3月）的资金，这对于支持IDRIC保持必要的势头和社区凝聚力至关重要，以保护在这个关键时期为工业脱碳建立的知识、经验和关系。这些目标是与工业界和学术界共同制定的，建立在既定的归属感、长期关系和相关信任的基础上：继续综合和传播2021-2024年交付的以集群为重点、以挑战为主导的研究的学习和影响。为实现2030年、2040年和2050年的目标，对行业研究和创新需求的前瞻和展望。通过维护活跃的网络和平台，共同创造和分享知识，以促进交叉学习，并促进国家/国际合作，以开发净零解决方案。通过向政策制定者、监管机构、行业、更广泛的供应链和公众提供证据来促进脱碳，支持政策、技能发展和使命宣传。迄今为止，IDRIC仔细考虑到，持续的接触至关重要，也取决于利益相关者能否从他们的互动中获得持续的战略利益。这是IDRIC目前取得成功的关键，正如将相关参与者聚集在一个允许和鼓励信任与合作、减少障碍和加速进展的环境中所显示的那样。因此，有了这12个月的资金，我们将优先考虑与3个工作流程相一致的关键利益相关者的参与；集群和伙伴关系；KE与合成；交叉主题（策略、技能、EDI）。IDRIC这一阶段的活动旨在利用IDRIC独特的号召力。他们将提供一系列产出，例如（前沿报告、行业零净创新路线图），通过与社区的接触，确保当前阶段和战略活动的最大影响，以支持绘制2025-2030年所需关键步骤的明确路径，这对于实现英国到2030年实现第一个零净集群至关重要。

Tackling industrial emissions is essential for the UK to deliver on its climate commitments and achieving economic and social prosperity from the transition to net zero. IDRIC was established in 2021 as part of the UKRI Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge to support the decarbonisation of industrial clusters. During this time, IDRIC has developed an influential and impactful network at a critical time and become an essential catalyst bringing together the research and innovation community to accelerate the pace and scale of industrial cluster decarbonisation.Funding for current IDRIC activities will cease in Spring 2024. However, the need for the functions IDRIC is delivering - the research work plus bringing together the relevant players in an environment that allows and encourages trust and collaboration, reduces barriers and accelerates progress - will continue for decades. The UK needs to take long term, multi-decadal decisions to providing long term commitment for industry emission reductions into the 2030s and IDRIC is exceptionally well placed to lead EPSRC activity towards the delivery of the UK's Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy.This proposal represents funding for a 12-month transitional period (April-2024 to March-2025), which will be crucial to support IDRIC in maintaining essential momentum and the community cohesion necessary to safeguard the knowledge, experience and relationships built at this critical time for industrial decarbonisation. The objectives have been co-created with industry and academia building upon the established sense of belonging and the long-term relationships and associated trust required to deliver:Continue to synthesise and disseminate learnings and impacts from the cluster focussed, challenge-led research delivered in 2021-2024.Foresight and horizon-scan of industry-informed research and innovation needs of decarbonisation to deliver towards targets of 2030, 2040 and 2050.Co-create and share knowledge by maintaining active networks and platforms to stimulate cross-learning and engender national/international collaborations for developing net zero solutions.Support policy, skills development and mission advocacy by providing evidence to policymakers, regulators, industry, the wider supply chain and the public to promote decarbonisation.To date, IDRIC have carefully considered that continued engagement is critical and also dependent on stakeholders gaining ongoing strategic benefit from their interaction. This has been key to IDRIC's current success, as shown by bringing together relevant players in an environment that allows and encourages trust and collaboration, reduces barriers and accelerates progress. Therefore, with this 12-month funding we will be prioritising key stakeholder engagement that are aligned with 3 workstreams; Clusters & Partnerships; KE & Synthesis; Cross-cutting Themes (Policy, Skills, EDI).The activities for this phase of IDRIC are designed to utilise IDRIC's unique convening power. They will deliver a suite of outputs e.g. (frontiers report, industry net-zero innovation roadmap) scoped through engagement with the community to ensure maximum impact from the current phase and strategic activities in support of a mapping a clear path for the critical steps required from 2025-2030 - crucial to enabling the realisation of the UKs first net-zero cluster by 2030.