Egyptian Carbon Center

25/05/2026

22/05/2026

Mr Helmy Abouleish Group in a Sepcial season of podcast 5 استدامة moderated by Dr Reem Al Turki

22/05/2026

موسم هام جداً من بودكاست 5 استدامة برعايةHeliopolis University For Sustainable Development و ضيف متميز د/ حلمي ابو العيش

14/05/2026

🎙️ Now Filming: A Special Season of Podcast 5 استدامة

Season Title:
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture: Who Are the Winners & Who Are the Losers?

Agriculture is no longer only about yield. It is about resilience, soil health, farmer income, food security, and climate competitiveness.

Podcast 5 استدامة, powered by Egyptian Carbon Center, is shooting a special season with two leading voices in Egypt’s sustainable agriculture movement:

👤 Dr.Helmy Abouleish
CEO of SEKEM Group and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development

👤 Prof. Dr.Sameh Shaddad
Dean of the Faculty of Organic Agriculture, Heliopolis University

This season opens a direct conversation on:

🌾 Organic agriculture vs. traditional farming
💚 The Economy of Love model
♻️ Organic fertilizers and soil restoration

🚜 The future of Egyptian farmers
📉 Who gains — and who loses — when agriculture becomes sustainable?

At Egyptian Carbon Center, we believe 5 استدامة should host the people who do not only speak about sustainability, but who have already shaped real impact on the ground — reaching hundreds of thousands of Egyptian farmers.

This is not a niche agricultural discussion.
It is a conversation about Egypt’s food future, climate resilience, rural economies, and the next competitive advantage for responsible farming.

🎧 Follow Podcast 5 استدامة for the full season.

#5استدامة #
Egyptian Carbon Center

14/05/2026

🌍 Earth is not only warming… it is accelerating.

A recent New Scientist article highlighted a serious climate signal: the planet is now heating roughly twice as fast as in previous decades.

The underlying science is worrying:

📈 A study published in Geophysical Research Letters found that, after filtering out natural influences such as El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar variation, global warming has accelerated since around 2015 with more than 98% statistical confidence.

🌡️ The warming rate is now estimated at around 0.35°C per decade, compared with just under 0.2°C per decade from 1970–2015.

This may sound like a decimal-point issue.

It is not.

When the entire planet warms faster, the impacts do not arrive politely or gradually. They arrive through:

🔥 longer and more intense heatwaves
🌊 stronger floods and coastal risks
🌾 pressure on food systems and farmers
🏭 higher operational and supply-chain risk
🏦 greater climate exposure for banks, insurers, and investors
🧊 faster ice loss and sea-level rise

The World Meteorological Organization also reported that 2015–2025 were the hottest 11 years on record, while Earth’s energy imbalance is now at its highest level in the 65-year record.

The key message for companies is simple:

🌱 Climate risk is no longer a future ESG topic.
It is becoming a present-day business risk.

For boards, banks, exporters, and industrial companies, this means climate action must move from “reporting” to decision-making:

✅ Measure emissions accurately
✅ Build decarbonization roadmaps
✅ Assess physical and transition risks
✅ Stress-test supply chains
✅ Invest in efficiency, renewables, and low-carbon materials
✅ Align climate disclosure with credible standards

We should not wait for the next record-breaking year to act.

The planet is sending a faster signal.

The question is:
Are our strategies moving fast enough? 🌍⚠️

11/05/2026

Capital is changing—and sustainability is now at the core of financial decision-making.

I’m pleased to invite you to join an upcoming webinar:

**Financing the Future: Sustainable, Green & Climate Finance in Action**

🗓 Sunday, 17 May
⏰ 7:00 PM (Cairo Time)

In this session, we’ll explore how sustainable and climate finance are reshaping:
• Investment strategies
• Risk management frameworks
• Compliance and regulatory expectations

This discussion is designed for investors, risk managers, compliance professionals, and decision-makers across the financial and public sectors.

**Speaker:**
Eng. Omar Ghaly, CEO – Egyptian Carbon Center (ECC)

**Host:**
Dr. Maryam Khalifa, Vice CEO – Egyptian Carbon Center (ECC)

🔗 Secure your spot: [https://lnkd.in/dF9tFuQT](https://lnkd.in/dF9tFuQT)

As ESG moves from concept to capital allocation reality, understanding its financial implications is no longer optional—it’s strategic.

10/05/2026

🇬🇭 Ghana Is Positioning Itself as Africa’s Next Carbon Market Hub

Ghana has signed **10 non-binding climate cooperation agreements** with strategic international institutions to support climate finance, renewable energy, carbon market development, and climate-resilient agriculture. 🌍💰

This is not just another climate announcement.

It is a signal that Ghana wants to move from climate policy to climate investment.

According to Ghana’s Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability, Seidu Issifu, the agreements cover priority areas including:

✅ ESG compliance
✅ Sustainable infrastructure
✅ Carbon market development
✅ Climate-resilient industrial development
✅ Renewable energy
✅ Sustainable agriculture
✅ Early warning systems

The timing is critical.

Ghana reportedly needs around **US$22.6 billion** to meet its climate objectives — a financing gap the country cannot close alone. Climate-related disasters already cost Ghana around **US$195 million in 2020**, while access to concessional and grant-based climate finance is becoming more competitive. ⚠️

That is why carbon markets matter.

If designed properly, carbon markets can help Ghana convert mitigation projects into investable climate assets — from clean cooking and renewable energy to sustainable agriculture, REDD+, waste management, and industrial decarbonization.

Ghana already has an important foundation: the **Ghana Carbon Markets Office**, hosted by the EPA Climate Change Unit, which supports MRV, carbon registry operations, ITMO transfers, reporting, and corresponding adjustments under Article 6. 📊

The country has also been engaging key national institutions including:

🏦 Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund
🏦 Consolidated Bank Ghana
🏢 Ghana Investment Promotion Centre
🏦 National Investment Bank

These institutions can help move climate projects from “good ideas” into bankable pipelines.

But the challenge remains clear: Ghana still faces limited technical capacity in carbon project development, MRV systems, regulatory frameworks, and access to major climate funds such as the Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund.

The opportunity is bigger than Ghana.

If Ghana succeeds, it can become a model for African countries seeking to use Article 6 and voluntary carbon markets to attract finance, protect communities, support green jobs, and accelerate climate-resilient development.

Africa does not only need climate finance.

Africa needs climate finance structures that are credible, bankable, transparent, and fair. 🌱

Ghana is taking an important step in that direction.

Source: Carbon Pulse, WoezorTV, Daily Graphic Ghana, Ghanaian Times, Ghana Carbon Markets Office, Ghana News Agency.





[1]: https://carbon-pulse.com/510320/ "Ghana signs climate cooperation agreements to support carbon market development -media « Carbon Pulse"

09/05/2026

🏗️♻️ من مخلفات البناء إلى أسمنت أخضر: فرصة مصرية لا يجب تجاهلها

في مصر، لا نتحدث عن “مخلفات” صغيرة…
نحن نتحدث عن مورد صناعي ضخم يتم إهداره يومياً.

وفقاً لبيانات وزارة البيئة المصرية / CLEI، حجم مخلفات البناء والهدم في مصر يقدر بنحو 35–40 مليون طن سنوياً، ويمكن تحويلها إلى ركام معاد تدويره، طبقات أساس للطرق، إنترلوك، ومدخلات لصناعة مواد البناء. كما تشير دراسات منشورة على ScienceDirect إلى أن كشط وإعادة تأهيل الطرق في مصر ينتج نحو 4 ملايين طن سنوياً من RAP – Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement. 

السؤال الحقيقي:
لماذا لا يدخل جزء من هذه المخلفات في صناعة الأسمنت والطرق بدلاً من المحاجر والمدافن؟ 🌍

إذا أعدنا تدوير 10% فقط من مخلفات البناء والطرق، فنحن نتحدث تقريباً عن 4 ملايين طن سنوياً يمكن تحويلها من عبء بيئي إلى مادة خام صناعية.

الأثر البيئي قد يكون كبيراً:
🏭 صناعة الأسمنت عالمياً ما زالت من القطاعات كثيفة الانبعاثات، ومتوسط كثافة الانبعاثات المباشرة للأسمنت يقترب من 0.6 طن CO₂ لكل طن أسمنت وفقاً لـ IEA. لذلك، إذا تم استخدام هذه المخلفات كبديل فعلي لمواد عالية الكربون أو لخفض معامل الكلنكر، فقد نتحدث عن خفض محتمل يصل إلى 2–2.4 مليون طن CO₂ سنوياً — بشرط جودة الخامة، ووجود LCA واضح، واعتماد فني منظم. 

لكن العائق ليس فنياً فقط… بل تنظيمي أيضاً. ⚠️

معوقات كود البناء المصري ليست في “رفض” الفكرة، بل في غياب إطار واضح وسريع لـ:
🔹 تصنيف المخلفات حسب الجودة والمصدر
🔹 تحديد نسب الاستخدام الآمنة في الخرسانة والأسمنت والطرق
🔹 اعتماد معامل اختبار معترف بها
🔹 إلزام المشروعات العامة بنسبة محتوى معاد تدويره
🔹 تحويل المواصفات من “وصفة تقليدية” إلى “أداء فني مثبت”

دراسات HBRC Journal المنشورة على ScienceDirect أوضحت أن استخدام الركام الخرساني المعاد تدويره قد يكون مناسباً لكثير من التطبيقات الإنشائية، وأن خلطات بنسبة 25% RCA لم تظهر تغيراً جوهرياً في خصائص الخرسانة مقارنة بالركام الطبيعي. 

اقتصادياً، هذه ليست مبادرة بيئية فقط.
وزارة البيئة تشير إلى أن فرص الاستثمار في إعادة تدوير مخلفات البناء قد تتطلب استثمارات تتجاوز 5.7 مليار جنيه لعدد من المنشآت، مع نموذج منشأة بطاقة 3,000 طن/يوم وعائد داخلي تقديري 32% وفترة استرداد تقارب 3 سنوات. 

وعلى مستوى الوظائف، تشير بيانات Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water إلى أن إعادة التدوير تخلق وظائف مباشرة أكثر بكثير من الطمر: 9.2 وظيفة لكل 10,000 طن مقابل 2.8 وظيفة للطمر. تطبيق ذلك على 4 ملايين طن قد يعني تقريباً 3,500 وظيفة مباشرة، وأكثر من 6,000 وظيفة إجمالية مع الأثر غير المباشر. 

✅ هذا هو الاقتصاد الدائري الحقيقي:
مخلفات أقل… محاجر أقل… انبعاثات أقل… وظائف أكثر… وصناعة أسمنت أكثر قدرة على المنافسة.

مصر لا تحتاج فقط إلى أسمنت أقوى.
مصر تحتاج إلى أسمنت أذكى وأخضر وأكثر ارتباطاً بالموارد المحلية. 🌱🏗️

#الاستدامة #مصر

07/05/2026

🌍 Greenland is shrinking — and the numbers should worry every boardroom.

According to the Financial Times — May 2, the Greenland Ice Sheet continues to lose mass as climate change accelerates ice melt across the Northern Hemisphere. ❄️📉

The latest climate data is clear:

🧊 139 billion tonnes of ice were lost from Greenland in the 2025 hydrological year.

🌊 That alone raised global mean sea level by around 0.4 mm.
🏔️ This loss is equal to about 1.5x the total ice stored in all European Alps glaciers.

📆 2025 marked the 29th consecutive year of net mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet.

And while one year may seem like a small data point, the long-term signal is impossible to ignore.

Greenland is not just a remote Arctic story.

It is a global economic risk indicator. ⚠️

When ice sheets shrink, the consequences move quickly into the real economy:

🏗️ Coastal infrastructure becomes more exposed

🏦 Banks face higher physical climate risk in their portfolios

🚢 Ports, logistics and insurance markets absorb rising costs

🌾 Weather volatility impacts food security and commodity prices

🏘️ Coastal communities face higher adaptation costs

This is why climate risk is no longer only an environmental issue.
It is a financial, strategic and governance issue.

For companies, the lesson is simple:

✅ Measure emissions accurately
✅ Set credible decarbonization pathways
✅ Assess physical climate risks
✅ Integrate climate scenarios into investment decisions
✅ Move from reporting to real transition planning

The Greenland Ice Sheet is sending a message in numbers.
The question is whether businesses, banks and policymakers are reading it fast enough. 📊🌐

Sources: Financial Times, Copernicus Climate Change Service, WMO, Nature Communications