{
  "language": "en",
  "interfaceLanguage": "en",
  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/emsteel-reappointed-afid-cochair-second-term-october-2026",
  "slug": "emsteel-reappointed-afid-cochair-second-term-october-2026",
  "category": "policy-standards",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-05",
  "sourceName": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2l97o9-emsteel-reappointed-co-chair-alliance-for-industry",
  "readingTimeMinutes": 1,
  "tags": [
    "United Arab Emirates",
    "EMSTEEL",
    "Industrial decarbonization",
    "AFID",
    "October 2026"
  ],
  "content": {
    "title": "EMSTEEL reappointed co-chair of the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization",
    "summary": "The UAE steelmaker was reappointed for a second term in the IRENA-led alliance; the announcement was made during New York Climate Week.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Second term in IRENA-led alliance",
        "paragraphs": [
          "WAM reported on 5 October that EMSTEEL had been reappointed co-chair of the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization (AFID) for a second term. The first appointment was in September 2024, and the new appointment was announced during New York Climate Week 2026. EMSTEEL will share the co-chair role with BASF in the alliance led by the International Renewable Energy Agency."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
            "url": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2l97o9-emsteel-reappointed-co-chair-alliance-for-industry"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Focus on industrial emissions",
        "paragraphs": [
          "AFID brings industry, technology and energy participants together to advance practical decarbonization solutions. EMSTEEL says its own programme includes clean electricity, efficiency, green hydrogen, carbon capture and lower-carbon building materials; these are company aims and workstreams, not quantified new emissions cuts announced in this report."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
            "url": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2l97o9-emsteel-reappointed-co-chair-alliance-for-industry"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
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}