In a special session on the ground -based solutions to protect the river delta, the Egyptian Minister of Environment, Dr. Yasmine Fouad, stressed the need to adapt to climate changes to protect the Nile River Delta and secure the lives of millions of people from the consequences of these changes, indicating the Egyptian efforts in this regard by building a strategic base to address climate change With long -term goals until 2050.
The Minister of Environment reviewed efforts to confront the effects of climate change, as Egypt began preparing a strong national strategic base aimed at ending climate change with long -term goals until 2050, as well as the specified national contributions plan 3030, announcing the first package of their executive projects, and starting with an early model in cooperation with the Fund The green climate for the transformation of the national climate strategy of an investment plan, from which the first stage was announced last week.
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Hani Swailem, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, confirmed in the session “Deltat and coastal areas” at the Climate Conference that Egypt is implementing projects in the field of beaches, especially in the Nile River Delta, where works were carried out to protect 210 km from the Egyptian coast and work is underway at another 45 km, In addition to the project “Enhanced adaptation to climate changes in the northern coast and the Nile River Delta”, which aims to achieve adaptation to the effects of climate change in the coastal region along the Mediterranean Sea.
For his part, a professor of geology and water resources at Cairo University, Abbas Sharqi, told Sky News Arabia the danger of climate change on the Nile Delta:.
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