Kamel Al-Wazir: Launching the industrial environmental register to measure the volume of emissions next month
Kamel Al-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, said that we are currently working on launching the industrial environmental register in December 2025, to measure the volume of industrial sectoral emissions and set quantitative targets to reduce carbon emissions, and to launch the industrial energy register at the beginning of 2026 to measure the intensity of traditional energy consumption in factories. CBAM – The Industrial Energy Register will be launched at the beginning of 2026 to measure the intensity of traditional energy consumption in factories “the mix of energy from new and renewable sources, including solar, wind, hydrogen, and green ammonia.”
He continued, “Green transportation projects will also be completed, emissions reduction for mass and goods transportation, and the establishment of a climate change management unit within the Production Technology Center.” “.
He praised the support provided by development partners from international financial institutions in providing a number of support programs such as: the Sustainable Green Industries Programme, the Green Progress for Industry Project, the Comprehensive Green Growth Project, and the Industry Decarbonization Platform Project, but most of them are focused on providing technical support for the necessary training and studies only, but they are not sufficient, which requires at the current stage to expand the scope of this support to include financial and technological support to accelerate the pace of actual transformation, stressing The most important axis of this support is that it is directed to the private sector, considering that manufacturers are more knowledgeable about the environmental requirements in their industries and ways of green transformation.
He added that the future partnership with international financing institutions, especially in light of the rapid and successive changes in the map of international investment, manufacturing and export, is based on a number of important foundations until we reach the desired goal, and among those foundations is support for priority sectors, including the sectors of the CBAM mechanism to deepen the local low-emission components. Carbon credits, with the possibility of supporting factories that transition to green manufacturing in obtaining carbon credits. To meet the expected carbon taxes, and fill the gap in the private sector’s financing needs for the mechanism’s sectors (about 630 million euros), which is estimated to be more than 3 times the current financing available at about 271 million euros. To quickly reduce or remove carbon.
He stressed the importance of technological support for industrial sectors in transforming production lines in accordance with international standards for green, low-emission and low-consumption industries, while adopting new and renewable energy sources. And improving the efficiency of its resources, in line with the strategic directions of the state and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, as the state works to implement a clear vision that aims to raise the efficiency of industry, reduce emissions, and enhance the ability of factories to adhere to global environmental standards; Which opens new export horizons for the Egyptian product in international markets, especially European markets.”
He added, “The program to support sustainability and the shift towards green industry is considered one of the basic pillars for achieving this transformation, by supporting factories technically and financially to apply clean technologies, improve operating efficiency, and reduce waste, and these topics are not far from our reality today.”
He continued. “Based on Egypt’s vision for sustainable development 2030, which aims to make Egypt an industrial, regional and international center for green and sustainable manufacturing, increase the competitiveness of products, and increase the volume of national exports in regional and international markets, the National Strategy for Industrial Development (2025 – 2030) emerged from that vision, whose strategic objectives were set to raise the industrial sector’s contribution from 14% to 20% in the gross domestic product by 2030, and to increase job opportunities in the industrial sector from 3.5 for 7 million workers, as well as increasing the contribution of green industries to 5% of the gross domestic product, and supporting small and struggling factories.
He explained that to implement this strategy and national vision, an urgent plan was drawn up to advance the national industry as an executive road map, and it was based on 7 axes, the most important of which is training and qualifying technical workers, especially green industries workers, adopting modern technologies in industry and expanding industries.
He pointed out that the focus was on 28 promising and targeted industries as a priority to deepen local, green, and low-carbon industries, including engineering industries such as: cars, especially electrical, chemical, pharmaceutical, food, textile, and others.
He continued that this is within the framework of implementing the urgent plan to advance the industry. On scientific grounds, the state has taken a number of measures to stimulate green production and improve the readiness of the Egyptian industry to the requirements of international markets, including making attached industrial lands available, especially for green industries that do not pollute the environment, outside residential blocks and agricultural lands, as well as providing financing for the industrial sector, especially for green industries such as: electric cars with low carbon emissions, as an incentive was allocated in the National Program for the Advancement of the Automotive Industry for environmentally friendly green industries.
He pointed out that although All that has been achieved, the Egyptian industry faces a major challenge with the start of implementation of the European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in early 2026, which applies to exports of iron and steel, fertilisers, cement, and aluminium. The expected carbon payments are estimated at between 7 and 29 billion euros in the coming years, even though Egypt’s share does not exceed 0.6% of global emissions.
He noted that Egypt is not considered an emissions-intensive country compared to its counterpart countries, Pointing out that an urgent action plan has been drawn up to further reduce carbon emissions in cooperation between all concerned governmental and private agencies. International financing institutions, and providing an enabling environment for green transformation to ensure a more efficient and sustainable industrial future.
At the conclusion of the workshop activities, Kamel Al-Wazir witnessed the signing of the Ministries of Planning and Environment, the French Development Agency and the European Investment Bank, a soft financing agreement and a grant worth 53.8 million euros (2.9 billion pounds) as part of the efforts to implement the Green Sustainable Industries Program (GSI), to support the green transformation in the industrial sector, reduce emissions, and enhance the sector’s competitiveness, as well as the signing of the advisory business agreement for the program. An €8.8 million grant from the European Union, managed by the Ministry of the Environment and the European Investment Bank in North Africa and the Near East.
