PARTNERSHIP FOR NET ZERO INDUSTRY: Sustainable national transformation pathways to climate neutral industry by 2050
The steel, cement and concrete account for 50% of industrial emissions and 15% of the global emissions. Decarbonizing this sector is imminent if the international community wants to stay in line with the 1.5 degree target under the Paris Agreement. However, the transition to greener production for heavy industries is a huge challenge. Particularly developing countries are burdened with ensuring industrialization and economic growth while at the same time reducing industry-related GHG emissions. The Partnership for Net Zero Industry brings together countries, financers, industries, technology providers and research institutions to tackle this challenge together in a collaborative manner through creating a better policy environment, promoting and enabling investment in decarbonization technologies, and fostering international dialogue and knowledge-sharing on experience, solutions and lessons learned.
- Countries
- Argentina, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Egypt
- IKI funding
- 23,000,000.00 €
- Duration
- 01/2024 till 03/2029
- Status
- open
- Implementing organisation
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) - Austria
- Political Partner
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- Ministry of Economy - Argentina
- Ministry of Industry, Trade and New Technologies (MCINT) - Morocco
- Ministry of Industry - Indonesia
- Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry - Kenya
State of implementation/results
- Partnership for Net Zero Industry – Technical Assistance Facility:
- The project has started rolling out support to help countries integrate industry-specific measures into their revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). As part of this effort, the NDC 3.0 Guidebook for Industrial Decarbonization (Volume 1) has been published, outlining key areas critical for industrial decarbonization, including mitigation targets, policies, and monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems. Volume 2, which will introduce a decision-tree methodology to systematically assess and sequence industrial decarbonization policies, is set for publication in Spring 2025.
- The Project has begun supporting five Climate Club member countries: Kenya, Morocco, Argentina, Egypt and Indonesia - helping first-mover industrializing nations transition to low-carbon production for steel, cement, and concrete to achieve net zero by 2050. The project co-authored a policy brief with UNFCCC’s Technology Executive Committee on integrating hard-to-abate industries into NDCs. The project also conducted a gender analysis of the concrete, cement, and steel industries, both globally and within target countries.
- The project has delivered workshops in Kenya and Indonesia, focusing on integrating industry into Kenya’s updated NDC and accelerating Indonesia’s transition to low-carbon steel. Additionally, the project contributed to regional knowledge exchange through participation in the NDCs 3.0 Regional Forum for Asia in Thailand. At COP29, the project convened a flagship event to highlight the critical role that NDC revisions can play in advancing industrial decarbonization.
- The Platform launched and became operational at COP29. The processes and procedures behind GMP have been established including submitting requests for assistance and the matchmaking process.
- The communication products for GMP are now live. As part of this a communication strategy, a website, social media channels (LinkedIn, X) and other communication products such as brochure have been developed.
- GMP piloted the matchmaking process with Kenya, Morocco, Argentina, Cambodia and successfully secured assistance for these countries from UNIDO Partnership for Net Zero Industry project, World Bank ESMAP programme for industry decarbonization, Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and the Partnership for Transparency under the Paris Agreement (PATPA). 20 countries have been reached in addition to the pilot countries to start onboarding process. They are Chile, Indonesia, Colombia, Egypt, Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Peru, South Africa, Thailand, Türkiye, Uruguay and Ukraine. Supporting institutions of the GMP now include CIF, Climate Group, EBRD, GCCA, MAF, ITA, OECD, RMI, UNDP, UNIDO NZP, World Bank Group, World Steel Association WRI, and many more.
- Throughout the whole year GMP has been actively engaging with the Climate Club member countries to seek their feedback and recommendations on the proposed processes and set-up and way forward.
Latest Update:
04/2025
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