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- National Environmental, Economic and Development Study – NEEDS (2010), and
- Egyptian Pollution Abatement Programme – EPAP, EEAA (2007– 2012).
Plans
- Transport Master Plan 2012-2027 – MINTS, and
- National Low Carbon Economy Plan – NLCEP.
Plan and programmes - Climate Change
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plan – UNDP and MoEnv (2015),
- Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Measures – CCAMM,
- Climate Change Action Plan – CCAP,
- Climate Change Risk Management Programme – CCRMP,
- National Action Plan for Adaptation – NAPA, and
- Climate Change Risk Management Programme – CCRMP, MoEnv (2013).
Initiatives
- Low Emission Capacity Building – UNDP, MoEnv and EEAA (2013 – 2016),
- Resilient Cities Acceleration Initiative - RCAI (2015),
- Environment - Air and Water Quality, JICA and MoEnv (2006 – 2016), and
- Green Tourism Unit – GTU (2014).
Governorate and Municipal vision and strategy
The Governorate of Luxor developed a Green City Strategy 2030 - GCS “Luxor the Heritage City of the World”
that was launched on June 14, 2014. The GCS 2030 recommendations were also cemented by the Green City
Protocol signed by more than 45 key stakeholders. However, the implementation road map of the GCS has
not been published yet. The Governorate of Luxor also joined the Resilient Cities Acceleration Initiative
(RCAI) in its 3 rd phase with the objective to assist selected cities to be more resilient in confronting
environmental challenges and counterbalance the impact of CC risks to socioeconomic life 60 .
Keeping in mind its specific values and the local context, the City of Luxor develops a strategy consistent with
Egypt’s Vision 2030, Energy Strategy 2035 and National SDS 2030. This strategy is structured around two folds:
- Reduce energy consumption in all sectors through energy conservation and efficiency, in order to
provide better services while reducing costs and impacts, and
- Promote energy production from locally available renewable resources in order to cover as far as
possible energy needs from these decarbonised sources.
As the vulnerability analysis of the City of Luxor – Governorate of the Luxor indicates among 10 receptors
including tourists is ranked the second highest risk (level 2) in terms of probability and impact.
The City of Luxor - Governorate of Luxor developed and announced a Strategic Plan 2017, which promotes
many projects in the areas of infrastructure. The strategy is centred on the objective of promoting Luxor as a
green city. Within this strategy promoting clean and green transport system and sustainable water mobility
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http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/09/RESILIENCE-Resilient-Cities-
Acceleration-Initiative.pdf
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