Contents
An Overview of Climate Change in Egypt
Introduction to “Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Food
Security in Egypt” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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El-Sayed Ewis Omran and Abdelazim M. Negm
An Overview of Paleo-Climate Evidence in Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Hassan Khozyem
Governance and Institutional Structure of Climate Change
in Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mohamed A. S. Abdel Monem and Phoebe Lewis
Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in Addressing Climate
Change Challenges in Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mohamed A. S. Abdel Monem and Ismail A. El Ghandour
Land and Water Resources
Impact of Climate Change on Plant-Associated Fungi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Anindya Chanda, Heba Maghrawy, Hossam Sayour,
Phani M. Gummadidala and Ola M. Gomaa
Impacts of Climate Change on Microbial Activity in Agricultural
Egyptian Soils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Samy Abd El-Malik Mohamed Abd El-Azeem
Soils as Driver and Victim of Climate Change in Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Reda Ragab Shahin
Soil Carbon Sequestration for Climate Change Mitigation:
Some Implications to Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Heba Elbasiouny and Fathy Elbehiry
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