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Plan Type: Vision

Member State: Egypt

Document Language: English

SDGs:
GOAL 4: Quality Education GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities GOAL 13: Climate Action

Egypt National Climate Change Strategy (NCCS) 2050

January 2023

Egypt National Climate Change Strategy (NCCS) 2050 outlines goals, objectives, and strategies for achieving sustainable economic growth, enhancing adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change, enhancing climate change action governance, enhancing climate financing infrastructure, and enhancing scientific research and awareness to combat climate change in Egypt.

Pillars & Objectives

Pillar: Achieving Sustainable Economic Growth and Low-Emission Development in Various Sectors
Objectives:
  • Energy transition by increasing the share of renewable and alternative energy sources in the energy mix
  • Reducing emissions associated with the use of fossil fuels ​
  • Maximizing energy efficiency
  • Adopting sustainable consumption and production trends for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from non-energy activities
Pillar: Enhancing Adaptive Capacity and Resilience to Climate Change and Alleviating the Associated Negative Impacts
Objectives:
  • Protecting citizens from the negative health impacts of climate change
  • Minimizing loss and damage to country assets and ecosystems by preserving them from the impacts of climate change ​
  • Preserving the country's resources from the impacts of climate change
  • Ensuring resilient infrastructure and services in the face of climate change impacts
  • Implementing disaster risk reduction concepts
  • Preserving and expanding green spaces
  • Strengthening women's response considerations to help them adapt to climate change
Pillar: Enhancing Climate Change Action Governance
Objectives:
  • Defining the roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders to achieve strategic goals
  • Improving Egypt's international profile in climate change actions to attract investments and climate finance opportunities
  • Sectoral policy reform to capture required climate change interventions
  • Enhancing institutional, procedural, and legal arrangements such as the Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) system
Pillar: Enhancing Climate Financing Infrastructure
Objectives:
  • Promoting local green banking and green credit lines
  • Promoting innovative financing mechanisms prioritizing adaptation actions, e.g., green bonds
  • Encouraging private sector engagement in climate finance and promotion of green jobs
  • Compliance with Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) guidelines for climate finance
  • Building on the success of current climate finance programs
Pillar: Enhancing Scientific Research, Technology Transfer, Knowledge Management and Awareness to Combat Climate Change
Objectives:
  • Strengthening the role of scientific research and technology transfer in climate change mitigation and adaptation
  • Facilitating the dissemination of climate-relevant information and knowledge management among government institutions and citizens
  • Raising awareness on climate change among different stakeholders (high-level policy/decision makers, citizens, and students)