Fatima Fertilizer joins NACAG to cut N2O emissions

October 25, 2024 (MLN): Fatima Fertilizers' Multan plant has become eligible for financial support from the NACAG Secretariat to install catalysts, following the signing of the Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG) Statement of Undertaking (SoU) by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination.

The catalysts will aim to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions and enable emission measurement technology at its production facilities.

The nitrous oxide emission reduction potential in the fertilizer sector in Pakistan has been estimated at around 1.86 million tons of Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq) per year.

Nitrous oxide is an odorless, colorless, non-flammable gas. Its global warming potential is nearly 300 times that of carbon dioxide over a 100-year time scale.

Nitric acid is a crucial material for the production of nitrogen fertilizer and thus a very important component for food security.

Especially in the context of Pakistan, the NACAG initiative shows how to leverage potentials at the interface between climate change and food security.

This initiative will also bring other environmental and economic benefits, from cleaner air and better public health to the promotion of green technologies and the creation of jobs in the green sector. T

The Ministry of Climate Change commended Fatima Fertilizer as a leader in their commitment to climate action.

Inamullah Naveed Khan, Director of Operations added that Fatima Fertilizer (Multan Plant) was the first industrial unit to install the Clean Development Mechanism in 2007 and subsequently at their Sadiqabad Plant in 2011.

Fatima Fertilizer is maintaining and operating this N2O abatement unit through its own resources. N2O is a greenhouse gas that is 265 times more harmful to the climate than CO2 gas.

Fatima Fertilizer is committed to continuing its efforts for the N2O emissions reduction through NACAG and directly contributing to the country’s objectives under the Paris Agreement.

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