What’s the impact of an uptick in smokestack production?

Egypt’s industrial sector is growing on the back of booming exports of energy-hungry commodities — but it comes at a hefty cost. Reuters shines the spotlight on the country’s increasing exports of cement, fertilizers, and chemicals, which grew by 350% since 2019 on the back of incentives put forward by the government, which has identified them as “key drivers” of growth — and increased European demand.

The downside: Despite creating “valuable” private-sector jobs in Egypt, the boom in industrial output will have a considerable climate impact although the exact figure is unknown, in part due to limited available data.