Egypt Protects the Nile Delta with Its People in the Face of Climate Change

Egypt Protects the Nile Delta with Its People in the Face of Climate Change
As the world grapples with the accelerating pace of climate change and its devastating impacts on the Nile Delta coast, Egypt is launching a comprehensive national campaign to protect this lifeline from submersion.
 
Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Ali, Executive Director of the Project to Enhance Adaptation to Climate Change in the Nile Delta and the Northern Coast, announced the launch of an intensive awareness campaign in coastal communities, aimed at highlighting the government's massive efforts to confront this existential challenge.
 
Ali emphasized that this campaign, implemented by the project, highlights the fruits of the fruitful cooperation between Egyptian state agencies, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, the Egyptian General Authority for Coastal Protection, and international donors such as the United Nations Development Programme and the Green Climate Fund. This cooperation has resulted in the protection of lives, property, and infrastructure from the risk of inundation, creating a safe and stable environment for investment, and providing new job opportunities for members of coastal communities.
 
Dr. Mohamed El-Genzouri, Director of the Environment Department in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate and one of the climate ambassadors for the adaptation project, indicated that the project's protection works represent a significant milestone in the governorate's modern history due to their positive impact, not only now but also for generations to come. This is because the project's protection works are environmentally friendly and low-cost.
 
Within the framework of this campaign, the project's media coordinator, Hassan Gabr Allah, noted that the first phase was launched in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, with a field survey conducted among coastal community groups to measure the level of awareness of climate change risks and understand their knowledge of the state's efforts in this regard.
 
Gabr Allah added that the survey includes all segments of the coastal community, especially those located directly on the coastal international road in front of the project's protection works, which include fishermen, farmers, schools, people with various crafts, civil society associations, and public and private sector employees of companies within the protection area.
 
It is worth noting that the project has successfully protected 69 kilometers of the lowest and most vulnerable areas to flooding in the governorates of Kafr El-Sheikh, Beheira, Dakahlia, New Damietta, and Port Said, using environmentally friendly and low-cost techniques, with active participation from the local community, especially women and youth.

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