130218_Luxor-Egypt SECAP Final

The national strategy, its goals and commitments, sectors affected
In 2007, Egypt established its National Committee on Climate Change's decision in order to develop strategies
and policies to deal with CC. As a result, several strategies, policies have been developed, mostly with the
support of international donors, including:
• Initial National Communication on Climate Change, Egypt, 1999 – MoEnv and EEAA 48
• Second National Communication on Climate change, Egypt, 2010 – EEAA and UNDP 49
• Third National Communication on Climate change, Egypt, 2014 – EEAA and UNDP 50
• National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction 2011, (NSACCDRR)
– UNDP 51
• National Air Quality Policy 2015, NAQP – UNEP 52
• Egypt’s Indicators Development
• National Solid Waste Management Policy (NSWMP) 2015 – GIZ.
The Egyptian Cabinet – Information and Decision Support Centre (IDSC) - in collaboration with the UNDP have
developed Egypt’s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
(NSACCDRR) in December 2011. The NSACCDRR’s main objective is to increase the flexibility of the Egyptian
community when dealing with the risks and disasters that might be caused by climate change and its impact
on different sectors and activities. It also aims at strengthening the capacity to absorb and reduce the risks
and disasters to be caused by such changes.
The Economic Cooperation and Development Division (SECO) of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
from Switzerland has developed measures based on collaboration with Egyptian government, to address the
strategy objective No.3:
Support basic environmental infrastructure:
• Contribute with technology and know-how transfer to improve the infrastructure with a positive
effect on the environment, the climate and employment.
• Sectorial activities include water supply, wastewater treatment, waste management (solid and liquid
toxic waste), renewable energy and energy efficiency, and urban sustainability.
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Egypt’s first National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), report issued on June 1999,
EEAA - Available on: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/egync1.pdf/ (Accessed: 24.08.2016)
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Egypt’s Second Nation Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), report issued on May
2010, EEAA and UNDP, 2010 - Available on: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/egync2.pdf/ (Accessed: 08.08.2016)
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Egypt’s Third Nation Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), report issued on June 2014,
EEAA and UNDP, 2014 - Available on:
http://www.eg.undp.org/content/dam/egypt/docs/Environment%20and%20Energy/Signed%20TNC%20Project%20Document.pdf/ (Accessed:
24.08.2016)
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Egypt’s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (NSACCDRR), 2011- available at:
http://cairoclimatetalks.net/sites/default/files/Adaptation%20Strategy%20-%20Final%20-%20E.pdf (Accessed: 24.08.2016)
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http://www.egyptictindicators.gov.eg/en/Pages/default33.aspx/
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