Egypt Wing

Nile Delta

The Nile Delta is situated in northern Egypt, where the river Nile reaches the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in the world. It originates near the equator and flows nearly 7000 km northward. The Delta begins approximately 20 km north of Cairo and extends North for about 150 km. At the coast the delta is about 250 km wide, from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the east. The area of the Nile Delta is about 20.000 km2. The Nile Valley and the Nile Delta rank among the world's most fertile farming areas and are surrounded by a highly arid environment. >> Read more

Coordinator
Mohamed Soliman, National Water Research Center (NWRC), Egypt - moahsoliman(@)hotmail.com

News and activities

Cairo Water Week and 3rd Delta Coalition Ministerial Conference (14-18 October 2018)
Cairo Water Week (CWW) will promote water awareness, foster new thinking about the most pressing water-related challenges and take actions towards integrated water resources management and conservation for sustainable development.
During the CWW the 3rd Delta Coalition Ministerial Conference will take place. The Coalition is a platform for discussion, exchange, innovation and creativity between the participating members and observers contributing as much as possible to the agreed objectives.
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GCF approves USD 31.4 million for a UNDP Project to Enhance Climate Change Adaptation in the North Coast and Nile Delta Regions in Egypt
GCF has approved the UNDP Project “Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in the North Coast of Egypt” to be implemented by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation with a total budget of USD 31.4 million over seven years. The project aims to protect the densely populated low-lying lands in the Nile Delta, the home of 25% of the Egyptian population, which have been identified as highly vulnerable to climate change induced Sea-Level Rise (SLR). The SLR will have a direct and critical impact on Egypt’s infrastructure and development along the low coastal lands. Egypt relies on the Nile delta for prime agricultural land, accordingly coastal inundation or saline intrusion will have a direct and critical impact on Egypt’s entire economy.
Green Climate Fund (GCF)
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Sunday 1 October 2017

World Water Week, Egypt Wing (29 August 2017)
Invitation from the Egypt Wing to attend the Egypt Showcase during the Worls Water Week in Stockholm: Climate Change Adaptation to Face Water Challenges, 29 August 2017.
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Resilience of the Nile Delta and Adaptation Options under Climate Change (25 May 2017)
The Delta Alliance Egypt Wing organised on 25 May 2017 a meeting titled Resilience of Nile Delta and Adaptation Options under Climate Change. Seventy participants, representing ten delta governorates, universities, institutes, authorities, NGOs, private sector and companies, discussed this issue. As an introduction, five presentations regarding current activities of the delta wing, were given covering modelling of extreme weather in the west delta, adaptation to climate change, Nile delta subsidence, observation, modelling and monitoring, and Nile delta inundation.
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Publications

Meeting report: Resilience of Nile Delta and Adaptation Options under Climate Change (25 May 2017)
The Delta Alliance Egypt Wing organised on 25 May 2017 a meeting titled Resilience of Nile Delta and Adaptation Options under Climate Change
Delta Alliance Egypt Wing
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Monday 24 July 2017

Report on the Workshop on Building Climate Resilience in The Nile Delta (16-17 June 2013)
Urban Water Management for Effective solutions aiming at developing a global program of action for sustainable development of delta ecosystems worldwide. The workshop was held at the Intercontinental City Stars Hotel during the period from 16th to 17th of June, 2013.
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Friday 19 July 2013

Report Delta Alliance mission to Egypt (29-30 November 2010)
Report on the following-up on the Egyptian interest to join the Delta Alliance. This interest was expressed at various occasions earlier and confirmed by the signing of the DA Declaration by Dr. Hussein El Atfy, Deputy Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, during the DA launching session on 30 September 2010 in Rotterdam.
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Tuesday 21 December 2010