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and new incentives are needed to promote the involvement of private organizations
and institutions in facilitating climate change adaptation.
Keywords Capacity building · Civil society organizations · Legislation · Private
sector
Acronyms
ACMEN
African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
AGN
Africa Group of Negotiators
AREI
Africa Renewable Energy Initiative
CAHOSCC Committee of the African Heads of State and Government on Climate
Change
CPI
Climate Policy Integration
CTRC
Carbon Trading Regulatory Commission
EEAA
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
ETC
Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company
FEI
Federation of the Egyptian Industry
FiT
Feed-in Tariff
GHG
Greenhouse Gas
NGOs
Non-Governmental Organizations
PPA
Power Purchase Agreement
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
1 Introduction
Despite the growing body of literature dedicated to understanding adaptation,
resilience and vulnerability to climate change at multiple scales, as well as the efforts
of different development agencies within the donor community, there is still marked
lack of support for developing the institutional capacity and the corresponding mechanisms necessary to address climate variation at the local level [1]. A cross-cutting
issue like climate change, cannot be managed by one government department or single ministry. Assessing of the impact of climate change and effectively integrating
adaptation and mitigation measures has to involve almost every sector in government
with their administrative system mainstreaming climate change into their strategies
and development policies and plans. Policy makers need to consider the governance
of climate change as a complex, multi-actor process that is deeply embedded in local
realities.
M. A. S. Abdel Monem and P. Lewis
and new incentives are needed to promote the involvement of private organizations
and institutions in facilitating climate change adaptation.
Keywords Capacity building · Civil society organizations · Legislation · Private
sector
Acronyms
ACMEN
African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
AGN
Africa Group of Negotiators
AREI
Africa Renewable Energy Initiative
CAHOSCC Committee of the African Heads of State and Government on Climate
Change
CPI
Climate Policy Integration
CTRC
Carbon Trading Regulatory Commission
EEAA
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
ETC
Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company
FEI
Federation of the Egyptian Industry
FiT
Feed-in Tariff
GHG
Greenhouse Gas
NGOs
Non-Governmental Organizations
PPA
Power Purchase Agreement
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
1 Introduction
Despite the growing body of literature dedicated to understanding adaptation,
resilience and vulnerability to climate change at multiple scales, as well as the efforts
of different development agencies within the donor community, there is still marked
lack of support for developing the institutional capacity and the corresponding mechanisms necessary to address climate variation at the local level [1]. A cross-cutting
issue like climate change, cannot be managed by one government department or single ministry. Assessing of the impact of climate change and effectively integrating
adaptation and mitigation measures has to involve almost every sector in government
with their administrative system mainstreaming climate change into their strategies
and development policies and plans. Policy makers need to consider the governance
of climate change as a complex, multi-actor process that is deeply embedded in local
realities.