- Egypt secured a spot among seven countries benefiting from the Climate Investment Funds, reflecting its strong progress in clean energy expansion.
- The country boosted renewable capacity with major solar and wind farms, advanced green hydrogen partnerships, and increased green public investments to 55%.
Egypt has become one of only seven countries worldwide selected to benefit from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) program, underscoring its significant progress toward a green economy transition.
The Egyptian Cabinet highlighted the achievement through a series of infographics shared on social media, showcasing Egypt’s strategic commitment to sustainable development, expanding clean energy use, and implementing environmentally friendly projects.
Egypt climbed six places in the Climate Change Performance Index by Germanwatch, reaching 20th position in 2025 compared to 26th in 2014. The country also improved its score by 4.5 points in Yale University’s Environmental Performance Index, rising to 43.7 in 2024 from 39.2 a decade earlier.
Further advances include a five-rank jump in the World Economic Forum’s Effective Energy Transition Index to 74th place in 2025, up from 79th in 2015, and a rise to 34th place in Ernst & Young’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index in June 2024, from 39th in March 2015.
Egypt’s renewable energy capacity has expanded substantially, anchored by major projects like the Benban Solar Park, which delivers 1,465 megawatts, and the Gabal El Zeit wind farm, which has a capacity of 580 megawatts. These projects form the backbone of Egypt’s growing green energy infrastructure.
In the green hydrogen sector, Egypt signed 16 memoranda of understanding with international developers to advance green fuel projects, securing seven binding framework agreements to date.
The government has significantly increased its green public investments, which now account for 55% of total public investments in fiscal year 2025/2026, up from 15% in 2020/2021. Egypt also made history by issuing its first international green bonds worth $750 million with a five-year maturity. It became the first country in the Middle East and North Africa region to enter the international green bond market.
These developments reflect Egypt’s accelerating efforts to lead sustainable growth and energy transition in the region.