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Climate Action Programme for the Chemical Industry – CAPCI

Strengthening the contribution of the chemical industry to climate protection

Context

The chemical and petrochemical industry accounts for up to 10 % of the world’s final energy demand and a high share of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions from the chemical industry amounted to around two billion tons of CO2eq. in 2005 and could more than double by 2030. In addition to the energy-intensive production and process-related emissions, the entire life cycle involves further greenhouse gas emissions.Chemistry plays a role in all areas of modern life. More than 90 per cent of the industry rely on materials and products from the chemical industry. At the same time, it is a source of climate-friendly solutions and, for example, produces the necessary materials for sustainable energy and mobility systems. In developing countries and emerging economies, however, there is a lack of human and institutional capacities to tap the significant potentials of the chemical industry.

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Commissioned by:

German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUV) – International Climate Initiative (IKI)

Countries:

Global programme with support activities for selected developing countries and emerging economies (Ghana, Argentina, Peru, Thailand, Viet Nam)

Implemented by:

CAPCI is a programm executed by GIZ in close cooperation with ISC3

Overall term:

2021 to 2024

Contact

capci@giz.de

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Objective

The capacities of key players for effective climate protection in the chemical industry are strengthened in selected developing countries and emerging economies.

Approach

CAPCI focuses on developing capacities and disseminating knowledge. In this way, the project strives to enable key stakeholders in developing countries and emerging economies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from chemicals production, while enhancing climate-friendly solutions. The project develops individual measures in close cooperation with its partners and gears them to the partners’ needs in order to permanently mainstream action-oriented knowledge and skills. CAPCI provides information and successful best practice examples, working in close cooperation with the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3).

At international level, the UN Climate Change Secretariat with its Paris Committee on Capacity-building (PCCB Network) and the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) are important partners of the project.

GIZ-Homepage: Strengthening the contribution of the chemical industry to climate protection (giz.de)

Factsheets

Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Protection - Capacity Development as a Key to Effective Climate Action in the Chemical Sector

With their capacity development programmes, CAPCI and ISC3 want to enable people and partners to take positive action in the field of climate protection and Sustainable Chemistry.

The chemical sector is a major player when it comes to tackling climate change and achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement. While the chemical and petrochemical industries account for up to 10% of the world’s final energy demand, it is also an important source of low-carbon solutions and materials needed for the energy transition.

Check out the factsheet on “Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Protection” to learn more on how we increase awareness and knowledge about the climate impacts of the use of chemicals across the globe!

The Verbund in Chemical Parks: Promoting net-zero targets in the chemical industry

In Germany, the chemical industry mostly operates within the confines of chemical parks. Over 1,000 companies currently have operations in one of Germany‘s roughly 60 chemical parks, which employed around 250,000 people in 2021.

With its roadmap for promoting efforts to mitigate climatechange, the German chemical industry has set an inten-tion to reduce overall GHG emissions and become carbonneutral by 2050. This objective can, however, only beachieved if targeted measures are effectively implementedat the chemical parks themselves.

The “Climate Action Programme for Chemical Industry (CAPCI)” and its Partners

The Climate Action Programme for the Chemical Industry (CAPCI) and its partners present their main learning experiences providing an overview on the strong linkages between chemistry and climate change. This publication seeks to inform and inspire the readers on the big potentials of the chemical industry for implementing GHG mitigation measures and contributing to tackle climate change.

Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Protection

The chemical industry sector is not only a fundamental cornerstone of modern life as well as global and national economies: More than 90 percent of the manufacturing industry depends on products from the chemical industry. The chemical and petrochemical industries account for around 10% of the world´s final energy demand and 7,4% of the global greenhouse gas emissions (IPCC, 2022), when considering emissions directly controlled by companies (scope 1) as well as those associated with purchased electricity, heat, steam or cooling (scope 2). At the same time, the chemical industry is a source of innovations and materials that are crucial for the roll-out of future-oriented low-carbon technologies. In this context climate change represents a key challenge for a future-oriented transformation of the whole sector towards a “sustainable chemistry”. Check out the factsheet on “Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Protection” to learn more about facts and figures about sustainable chemistry and climate protection.

Further Resources

Factsheet Capacity Development |Sustainable Chemistry forClimate Protection The Verbund in Chemical Parks: Promoting net-zero targets in the chemical industry The “Climate Action Programme for Chemical Industry (CAPCI)” and its Partners Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Protection

New Atingi Course on Sustainable Chemistry and Climate Action by CAPCI

The Climate Action Programme for the Chemical Industry (CAPCI) developed a self-paced course on sustainable chemistry and climate change. In the course the participants will learn the fundamentals of how to design and implement effective measures for climate protection in the production and use of chemicals. By the end of this course, you will be able to identify Greenhouse Gas emission reduction options, select applicable assessment methodologies and assess the emission reduction potential of mitigation actions for the chemical and petrochemical industry. Furthermore, you will receive information regarding chemical management as well as the concepts of sustainable chemistry and circular economy.

The course takes 12 hours, with mandatory and obligatory parts and at the end you will earn a certificate. Participants should have solid knowledge in the areas of chemical production, engineering and/or climate protection, ideally with working experiences in a relevant public or private sector institution, in companies, academia, education or consultancy, related to the chemical industry and/or climate policies.

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e-REMC - Chemical Management Training

Training on Atingi

The e-REMC self-learning program consists of eleven topic-specific self-learning modules, of which eight are further subdivided into submodules called learning units.

The topics and structure of the modules are aligned with the content and outline of the REMC company handbook. The self-learning materials also include several additional CM related topics which have not been part of the REMC toolkit.

Each self-learning module consists of two components, including a presentation with voiceover audio/text plus links to further reading materials, quizzes to self-test the learning comprehension. All presentations contain voiceover explanations with available accompanying text. Learners can proceed with the presentations at their own speed, controlling the movement and changes of individual slides. This allows learners sufficient time to reflect on and digest the contents. The quizzes help to reflect on learning progress as well as recall the key takeaway messages from each module.