Adapting to climate change andKeeping folks safe from sea flooding
What we're aiming for...
Adapting to climate change and protect the infrastructure in the Nile Delta and the North Coast
The shore protection techniques we're using in the project
are low-cost and based on natural solutions
Egypt Makes A history
with integrated management plan for Egyptian coasts
By raising awareness, we're building a better future...
The awareness campaign for the Climate Change Adaptation Enhancement Project shines a light on the Nile Delta and the North Coast.
Who We Are:
Egypt faces enormous challenges as a result of accelerating climate change, with the Nile River Delta and the North Coast emerging as the most risk-prone areas. In this context, the Egyptian state launched the project "Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in the Nile Delta and North Coast." This is a collaboration between the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), implemented by the Egyptian General Authority for Shore Protection (SPA), and funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The project aims to protect 69 kilometers of coastline in five vital governorates—Kafr El Sheikh, Beheira, Port Said, Dakahlia, and New Damietta—from the risks of sea-level rise, using Nature-Based Solutions (NBS).
Furthermore, the project works closely with relevant authorities to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for the integrated management of coastal areas along 1,200 kilometers of the Mediterranean coast. This plan aims to identify the most vulnerable areas and assess the potential impacts of sea level rise on groundwater and coastal sedimentation, according to future scenarios extending to the year 2100.
This project reflects the Egyptian government's serious commitment to addressing climate change challenges, its keenness to protect its coastlines and natural resources, and its dedication to ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come.
and in the future to adapt coastal areas to climate changes, starting in the areas most vulnerable to impact, and then expanding their scope within the framework of an integrated process for managing coastal areas in a way that ensures reducing negative impacts on economic activities and coastal communities
It is to enhance the resilience of local communities
in the northern coast and the Nile Delta in Egypt through integrated coastal management and to expand the use of soft engineering solutions and adaptation measures based on striking a balance between the various environmental systems in what is known as the ecosystem. These measures would reduce the potential negative effects of climate change and contribute effectively to achieving sustainable development of coastal areas.
are the basic values of the methodology of the Adaptation Enhancement Project. The project is not a regular project that aims only to protect low lands and implement a new methodology for work, but it directly targets the human resource, addressing people that change and capacity development is the way to live safe and sustainable, and that success is not in individuality, but in Cooperation, and that preference is in integration. The Adaptation Enhancement Project is a humanitarian step towards a better future.
The project aims to reduce the risks of coastal flooding
in the northern coast and the Nile River Delta region of Egypt, especially in the five (5) most vulnerable and endangered hotspots within the Nile Delta with a length of 69 km, which were identified during the engineering scoping study and the technical feasibility study, and it is also working on developing a plan Integrated coastal zone management for the entire northern coast to manage the risks of climate change in the long term, and to provide Egypt with the ability to adapt to the imminent flood risks.
It is to strengthen national capabilities now
It is to enhance the resilience of local communities
Change - Cooperation - Integration
The project aims to reduce the risks of coastal flooding
