020318_Hurghada SECAP_FINAL
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- Climate Change Risk Management Programme – CCRMP,<br />
- National Action Plan for Adaptation – NAPA, and<br />
- Climate Change Risk Management Programme – CCRMP, MoEnv (2013).<br />
Initiatives<br />
- Low Emission Capacity Building – UNDP, MoEnv and EEAA (2013 – 2016),<br />
- Environment - Air and Water Quality, JICA and MoEnv (2006 – 2016),<br />
- Green Tourism Unit – GTU (2014),<br />
- Red Sea Sustainable Tourism Initiative – RESTI,<br />
- Green Star Hotel – MoTrm,<br />
- Eco-label Initiative (voluntary) hotels’ Green Stars Award – MoTrm,<br />
- Private Sector Tourism Infrastructure and Environmental Management – WB (2003), and<br />
- <strong>Hurghada</strong> Environmental Protection and Conservation Association – HEPCA, GoRS (1992).<br />
Governorate and Municipal vision and strategy<br />
The Governorate of the Red Sea has developed a strategy to make the City of <strong>Hurghada</strong> a Green city with the ultimate<br />
goal of achieving the transition towards a carbon neutral city.<br />
As the vulnerability analysis of the City of <strong>Hurghada</strong> indicates among 10 sectors that tourists - Tourism is ranked the<br />
second highest risk (level 2) in terms of probability and impact of dangerous climate chance.<br />
Therefore, action #2 is essential to promote a model of green tourism, particularly focusing on diving activities and<br />
marine life discovery.<br />
Principal partners and stakeholders<br />
• Governorate of the Red Sea – City of <strong>Hurghada</strong> (Municipality)<br />
• City Council represented by the Governor of the Red Sea<br />
Contact person in the local authority<br />
Mr. Ayman Sultan, Planning Department,<br />
Governorate of the Red Sea<br />
• Hotels owners and Management in City of <strong>Hurghada</strong><br />
• Ministry of Petroleum (MoPMRs)<br />
- Egypt Gas Holding Company (EGAS)<br />
- City GAS Company – Governorate of Red Sea<br />
• Ministry of Transport<br />
- Maritime Inspection Authority (MIA)<br />
• Ministry of Tourism (MoTrm)<br />
• Ministry of Environment (MoEnv)<br />
• Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation (MoIIC)<br />
2. Process<br />
Technical Process<br />
LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) is a generic name for a mixture of hydrocarbons - mainly propane and butane retrieved<br />
from an oil refinery. When this mixture is lightly compressed and cooled it changes from a gaseous state to a liquid.<br />
This is an advantage for the utilisation of LPG because the liquid fuel, having an acceptably similar volumetric energy<br />
density to diesel can be comfortably stored at ambient temperature in conventional pressure vessels.<br />
Natural gas, mainly composed of methane, can be stored as liquid (LNG) or in compressed form (CNG), although such<br />
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