Türkiye: A Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Pathway Analysis for the Ceramic Sector

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TCRS 151997

Status TC Com approved

Location

Türkiye

Business Sector

Energy

Notice Type

Public

PSD Disclosed

22 Jan 2026

Project Description

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD” or “the Bank”) is planning to support the Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology of Türkiye (“MoIT”) in developing a Low Carbon Pathway (“LCP”), which will set out a roadmap for the progressive decarbonisation of the Turkish ceramics sector in line with the Turkish Government’s sustainable development and decarbonisation goals (the “Project”).

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TCRS 151997

Status TC Com approved

Location

Türkiye

Business Sector

Energy

Notice Type

Public

PSD Disclosed

22 Jan 2026

Project Description

On October 6, 2021, the "Draft Law Regarding the Approval of the Paris Agreement" was unanimously accepted in the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. With the President's decision (dated 7/10/2021 and numbered 4618) published in the Official Gazette, the Paris Agreement entered into force on 10 November 2021. The Turkish Grand National Assembly adopted the law enabling the Paris Agreement to enter into force and made a net zero carbon commitment in 2053.

In order to achieve the 2053 net zero commitment and implement the National Green Deal Action Plan, 20 Specialised Working Groups were established by relevant Ministries. Within the Turkish Green Deal Action Plan, a relevant provision has been identified: "1.1.1. In order to support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in priority manufacturing sectors that may be subject to Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the determination of our country's roadmap or activities." Given the ceramics sector's potential inclusion under CBAM and its energy-intensive nature, it is essential to assess its alignment with national and EU decarbonisation efforts within this context.

The new growth strategy, which the EU announced on 11 December 2019, called the EGD, brought a low-carbon economy model from industry to various production sectors, including ceramics, and envisaged it to reshape its trade. It also announced an investment plan of 1 trillion euros towards its goal. This investment plan, which includes EU financial instruments, public and private sector investments, aims to finance the transformation of the economy for the next 10 years. The priorities of the EU in this process are to invest in environmentally friendly technologies, to support innovation in industry, and to decarbonise the energy sector.

The EU is Türkiye's largest trading partner, making this transformation highly relevant for Türkiye. The ceramics sector is energy-intensive and plays a critical role in construction, automotive, and consumer goods value chains, making its decarbonisation key to achieving sustainability targets. The Turkish ceramics sector is already taking steps towards sustainability. A combination of technology and policy solutions could provide a pathway for the ceramics industry to contribute to Türkiye’s 2053 net zero commitment. The LCP offers the possibility to improve the understanding of the transition toward a green economy within the boundaries of sustainable development goals and national strategic priorities. It leverages quantitative and qualitative analysis, such as integrated assessment modelling, and provides insights on cross-sectoral synergies, sector-specific challenges, and the implications in terms of energy supply and demand. It assesses power generation technologies’ mitigation potential, the required enabling policies and actions, as well as the necessary financial and economic conditions. Applying such an approach to the ceramics sector would allow MoIT and other policymakers in Türkiye to better prioritise investment decisions given different plausible but diverging development scenarios. The LCP will be consistent with Paris Agreement objectives and help the Turkish Government policies and ceramics manufacturers to align their business strategy and operations accordingly.

The main purpose of the assignment is to develop a LCP for the ceramic sector in Türkiye in line with the Turkish Government’s sustainable development and decarbonisation goals and in order to comply with EGD.

Proposed LCP study for ceramic sector is expected to focus on technological, financial and regulatory analysis and address following issues:

a) Conduct a mapping and baseline assessment of the ceramic manufacturing sector in Türkiye to identify all operating plants, quantify their current GHG emissions and resource use, and benchmark their performance against relevant EU and Turkish Taxonomy thresholds. The assessment will serve as a foundation to define a sector-wide Low Carbon Pathway (LCP), by identifying key decarbonizations levers, investment needs, and technology gaps to support alignment with national and international climate targets;
b) Develop emission projections of the sector by 2053 under
a. Business as Usual Scenario, if no action is taken;
b. Emissions reduction scenario in line with national targets ;
c) Identify corresponding mitigating measures and important steps to be taken by the industry as a whole and by the individual actors along the value chain in order to ensure compliance with the Paris Agreement (“PA”), sectoral roadmaps as well as the national targets (e.g.net-zero emissions target of Türkiye);
d) Identify decarbonisation technologies, including existing, new, under-development and yet-to-be-developed solutions;
e) Analyze the key policy (regulatory) and investment (financial) drivers and barriers to the decarbonization of the ceramic sector and provide recommendations to accelerate transition. The analysis should also explore how circular economy principles can be integrated into the sector -for instance, through the reuse of demolition rubble in construction applications, the recycling of off-spec ceramic products, or improved raw material efficiency- and assess the regulatory or market mechanisms needed to enable such practices;
f) Engage with the Steering Committee and wider stakeholders on determining of market assumptions, performance benchmarks, identification and articulation of mitigation solutions and capex needs. This engagement should seek to build a sense of ownership for implementing the roadmap amongst industry representatives and affiliates.

The assignment, by critically analysing both the business-as-usual (“BAU”) scenario and an emission reduction scenario, will result in the development of a set of policy and technology recommendations to help understand the possible contribution of the sector towards the country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (“NDC”) targets and provide clear indications about the priorities of investment and sustainable development for the sector towards a substantial decarbonisation in the mid to long-term future. The assignment will be developed in close cooperation with the Steering Committee (EBRD, MoIT and other key industry and government stakeholders) that will be identified early in the process.

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Türkiye: A Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Pathway Analysis for the Ceramic Sector

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Project Description

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Access to Information Policy (AIP)

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)