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- Second National Communication on Climate Change – EEAA and UNDP (2010), and
- Initial National Communication on Climate Change – MoEnv and EEAA (1999).
Legislations, Laws and Codes
Laws and Regulations:
- National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP),
- New Investment Laws (2017),
- Climate Change Legislations (2015),
- Environmental Protection (1994, 2015), and
- Public Partnership with Private sectors – PPP (2010).
National Codes:
- Code for Energy Efficient Buildings (2009), and
- Code for Improving Energy Consumption in Commercial Buildings (2009).
Plans and Programmes
- National Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Portfolio (2009),
- National Low Carbon Economy Plan – NLCEP,
- Protection of Natural Environmental Resources and Nature Conservation – PNERNC, EEAA,
- Environmental Awareness – Training and Capacity Building,
- Clean Production Mechanism CPM (2010), and
- Egyptian Pollution Abatement Programme – EPAP, EEAA (2007– 2012).
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,
- 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),
- Green Tourism Unit – GTU (2014),
- Red Sea Sustainable Tourism Initiative – RESTI,
- Green Star Hotel – MoTrm, and
- Eco-label Initiative (voluntary) hotels’ Green Stars Award – MoTrm.
Institutions and rating systems
- Central Unit for Sustainable Cities and Renewable Energy – CUSCRE (2014),
- Green Pyramid Rating System – GPRS (2012), and
- The Egyptian Green Building Council Ministerial Decree (2009).
Governorate and Municipal vision and strategy
The Governorate of the Red Sea has developed a strategy to make the City of Hurghada a Green city. The strategy is
centred and developed so that the city should be a carbon neutral city. This would be through clean and green
tourism activities based on clean energy production and green system in the tourism sector.
The Governorate is also intending to support the plan to green in hotels and resorts and upgrade the current solar
thermal used in hotel and integrate SWH systems to heat water instead of using non-clean energy to reduce the use
of fossil fuel in the City of Hurghada in particular and Governorate in general.
In de-carbonisation efforts based on clean energy, the City of Hurghada – Governorate of Red Sea plans to expand
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