Egypt, which will host the COP27 2022 UN Climate Change Conference later this year, is among the initial group of countries leading an international initiative to decarbonise the global cement and concrete industries.
It joins India, Thailand and Colombia in the first wave of a series of Net Zero Accelerator projects announced by the Global Cement and Concrete Association today as part of plans to achieves targets established by its 2050 Net Zero Global Industry Roadmap. The four countries together represent approximately 10 per cent of the world’s cement and concrete production.
Globally, cement and concrete manufacture accounts for around 7 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions. The GCCA roadmap, which was claimed to mark the biggest international commitment by a heavy industry to decarbonise when it was launched last year, sets out a path aligned with the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Actions aimed at reducing concrete-related emissions...