Formulation and Advancement of the National Adaptation Plans Process of Egypt

The project “Formulation and Advancement of the National Adaptation Plans Process of Egypt” started in July 2021 with the main objective of decreasing Egypt’s vulnerability to climate change by advancing the NAP development. The NAP project is helping the country build climate resilience by improving institutional and technical capacity for climate change adaptation planning, examining climate risks, determining adaptation priorities, integrating adaptation into national and sectoral planning and budgeting, and increasing investment in adaptation actions.

Climate change impacts in Egypt include the rising sea level, extreme weather events such as heat waves, flash floods, heavy precipitation, sand and dust storms, and water scarcity. These complex climate-related challenges threaten agriculture, food security, human health, and the national economy. Egypt‘s ability to respond to these impacts is challenged by low technical capacity for adaptation planning and limited information on climate risks and vulnerabilities. To address the risks, the Government of Egypt began a NAP process in May 2015, which resulted in a roadmap for advancing adaptation planning.

The 2017 stocktaking exercise assessed accomplishments since 2015 and identified priority interventions for the NAP process. Based on this assessment, the NAP project focuses on the following outcomes: (1) Strengthening institutional and human capacities to coordinate and manage climate change adaptation planning and implementation; (2) Developing an integrated national climate risk assessment and identifying adaptation priority areas for inclusion in a National Adaptation Plan Framework document; and (3) Mainstreaming adaptation priorities into national planning and budgeting processes. 

Target outcomes will equip Egypt with the required climate risk information and understanding of priority adaptation areas to enable the government to conduct effective adaptation planning and start integrating climate adaptation into national development planning and budgeting. As a result of project activities that improve capacity and climate adaptation governance, national ministries and the Government of Egypt will be empowered to help programs and projects across national and sub-national processes be more climate risk-informed, and climate adaptation indicators will be specifically incorporated into the national development strategy “Egypt Vision 2030”.

Recent Activity

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosted a training workshop as part of the FAO-UNDP SCALA program(Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture through Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans). The workshop focused on facilitating dialogues within the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Environment, providing skills to generate crucial information on climate impacts and solutions in agriculture. The insights are contributing to Egypt's NAP process, aligning with the national vision for 2030 and sustainable development. The SCALA program, funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) through the International Climate Initiative (IKI), aims to integrate climate-resilient agricultural practices into NAPs and enhance capacities for effective climate risk management in Egypt.