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implementing national environmental policies and setting up environmental standards for cases of conflicting interests. It has been highly instrumental in developing
national capacity at the technical and institutional levels in the climate change related
areas. The EEAA signed a protocol with the Federation of the Egyptian Industry
(FEI) to promote cooperation on environmental protection in Egypt. The EEAA also
ensures that the correct legislation related to the environment are in place as well as
introducing amendments in the environmental law when needed. In addition to the
EEAA, several other organizations are engaged in enhancing the national capacity
to deal with the climate change challenges. These include environmental organizations, energy-related organizations, research centers, universities, governmental
organizations, nongovernmental organizations, labor unions and political parties.
At the same time, the Ministry of Environment scaled up its “Climate Change
Unit” to strengthen the climate change institutional framework at the national level
and in so doing made it a “Central Department” in the Egyptian Environmental
Affairs Agency in 2009.
Furthermore, efforts have been made at the sectoral level to strengthen the institutional framework of climate change. Two committees for climate change have been
established in the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and Ministry of
Water Resources and Irrigation. Also, a “climate change information centre” has been
initiated for the agriculture sector. Finally, climate change adaptation programme has
been mainstreamed in the Agriculture Sustainable Development Strategy up to 2030.
The government’s achievements have been made at the strategic level with the
engagement of relevant stakeholders to develop:
• The National Environmental Action Plan of Egypt 2002/2017;
• First, second, and third Egypt’s National Communication on Climate Change;
• Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC);
• Egypt’s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change and Disaster Risk
Reduction;
• National Energy Efficiency Strategy;
• National Strategy for Solid Waste Management.
In addition to the EEAA, several institutions played a leading role in integrating
climate change policies in the national development plans and strategies agendas in
Egypt. These institutions include:
• Energy-related organizations, such as the Organization for Energy Planning;
• The Egyptian Electricity Authority, the New and Renewable Energy Authority;
• Research Centres: such as the Agriculture Research Centre, and the National
Research Centre;
• Universities: such as Cairo University, Alexandria University, Assiut University,
Ain Shams University, Zagazig University, and other institutes of environmental
studies;
• Governmental organizations and national laboratories, such as the General Organization for Industrialization, the Central Laboratory for Agriculture Climate, and
the General Organization for Sanitary Drainage;
M. A. S. Abdel Monem and P. Lewis
implementing national environmental policies and setting up environmental standards for cases of conflicting interests. It has been highly instrumental in developing
national capacity at the technical and institutional levels in the climate change related
areas. The EEAA signed a protocol with the Federation of the Egyptian Industry
(FEI) to promote cooperation on environmental protection in Egypt. The EEAA also
ensures that the correct legislation related to the environment are in place as well as
introducing amendments in the environmental law when needed. In addition to the
EEAA, several other organizations are engaged in enhancing the national capacity
to deal with the climate change challenges. These include environmental organizations, energy-related organizations, research centers, universities, governmental
organizations, nongovernmental organizations, labor unions and political parties.
At the same time, the Ministry of Environment scaled up its “Climate Change
Unit” to strengthen the climate change institutional framework at the national level
and in so doing made it a “Central Department” in the Egyptian Environmental
Affairs Agency in 2009.
Furthermore, efforts have been made at the sectoral level to strengthen the institutional framework of climate change. Two committees for climate change have been
established in the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and Ministry of
Water Resources and Irrigation. Also, a “climate change information centre” has been
initiated for the agriculture sector. Finally, climate change adaptation programme has
been mainstreamed in the Agriculture Sustainable Development Strategy up to 2030.
The government’s achievements have been made at the strategic level with the
engagement of relevant stakeholders to develop:
• The National Environmental Action Plan of Egypt 2002/2017;
• First, second, and third Egypt’s National Communication on Climate Change;
• Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC);
• Egypt’s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change and Disaster Risk
Reduction;
• National Energy Efficiency Strategy;
• National Strategy for Solid Waste Management.
In addition to the EEAA, several institutions played a leading role in integrating
climate change policies in the national development plans and strategies agendas in
Egypt. These institutions include:
• Energy-related organizations, such as the Organization for Energy Planning;
• The Egyptian Electricity Authority, the New and Renewable Energy Authority;
• Research Centres: such as the Agriculture Research Centre, and the National
Research Centre;
• Universities: such as Cairo University, Alexandria University, Assiut University,
Ain Shams University, Zagazig University, and other institutes of environmental
studies;
• Governmental organizations and national laboratories, such as the General Organization for Industrialization, the Central Laboratory for Agriculture Climate, and
the General Organization for Sanitary Drainage;