Egypt National Strategy Study on the
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

Welcome

Egypt has participated to the National Strategy Studies (NSS) Program, launched by the Government of Switzerland and the World Bank in 1997.

This program has assisted Egypt in the development of the CDM Strategy which was undertaken in collaboration with the Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs and Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA).

The Egypt’s NSS on the CDM aims at mainstreaming environment into the relevant sectors and minimizing the environmental impacts of development, through identification of priority policies and planning for their implementation.

The objective of the NSS is to develop options and opportunities presented by potential international markets for GHG offsets through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol.

The study was prepared during the period from September 2000 to October 19, 2002 by a team from The Tabbin Institute for Metallurgical Studies (TIMS) and its affiliated Environment and Research Center (E2RC), Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), and Ernst Basler + Partners Ltd. (EBP).

This study contains Executive Summary, 6 Chapters: Review of Literature (Chapter 1), Current and Projected GHG Emissions and Reduction / Avoidance Potential in Egypt (Chapter 2), International GHG Offset (Chapter 3), Egypt Prerequisites for CDM Participation (Chapter 4), CDM Options for Egypt (Chapter 5), CDM Pilot Projects Pipeline (Chapter 6) and some Annexes.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Review of Literature

Chapter 2 Current and Projected GHG Emissions and Reduction /
Avoidance Potential in Egypt

Chapter 3 International GHG Offset

Chapter 4 Egypt Prerequisites for CDM Participation

Chapter 5 CDM Options for Egypt