MENA Cleaner Production for Companies

Project Summary:

The objective of the proposed Air and Water Pollution Management Program is to support the pressing need to reduce air, water and soil pollution by (i) identifying and assessing key policy reforms and investment options to reduce air, water and land pollution and (ii) building capacity to apply economic and planning tools for mainstreaming environmental management in the national accounts and economic planning of Ministry of Planning and Ministry of Environment.

List of Activities:

• provide an economic assessment of environmental degradation in Egypt
• identify cost effective viable agricultural waste management and rural sanitation technological options that address air, water and land pollution from agriculture
• update and strengthen the national accounts with wealth and natural capital accounting for air and water pollution

Outcomes:

Output 1:

• CP audits analysis
• Roadmap publication
• Dissemination event

Output 2:

• Resource efficiency audits

Outcomes:

This project aims to promote, implement, and facilitate investments of resource efficiency practices and technologies among industries in Pakistan.  More efficient use of resources – such as energy, water and raw materials – would yield economic savings for private sector companies and support climate change mitigation efforts.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others:

• WBG internal partners:

Water Global Practice, Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice. Agriculture Global Practice, Transport and ICT Global Practice

• External partners:

Pollution Management and Environmental Health Trust Funds (set up as a Multi-donor Trust Fund with five donors expected to contribute, including Korea, and Norway already signed the agreement). Egypt considered as potential host country.