The Minister of Irrigation stresses the importance of taking serious measures to deal with climate issues
The Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Dr. Hani Swailem, stressed the importance of taking serious measures to deal with climate issues through the implementation of projects on the ground to adapt to climate changes such as beaches protection projects that provide protection for facilities and infrastructure and maximize the benefit of existing and future development projects in coastal areas, in conjunction with working to achieve the concept of integrated management of regions The coastal. In cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and proposals for the use of sand nutrition in the northern delta to meet the effects of climate change. His visit. The entire coastal area of the North Coast includes the Mediterranean Sea, construction on sports models for early warning systems. It is funded by a grant from the Green Climate Fund in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program worth 31.4 million dollars with lengths of up to 69 kilometers in five coastal governorates: Port Said, Damietta, Dakahlia, Kafr El -Sheikh, and the lake, and the project aims to counter the high sea level and severe weather phenomena and protect citizens, facilities and agricultural lands, and setting up monitoring stations on the Mediterranean to follow up on changes In waves, winds and sea levels as a result of climate change, as well as setting an integrated management plan for coastal areas along the northern coast of Egypt on the Mediterranean.
