Waste Sector Problems Waste Sector Problems during INC preparationduring INC preparation

Eng. Saber Mahmoud OsmanEng. Saber Mahmoud OsmanEnvironmental ResearcherEnvironmental Researcher

Climate Change UnitClimate Change Unit

Egyptian Environmental Affairs AgencyEgyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

Pretoria, South Africa Sep. 22, 2006 Pretoria, South Africa Sep. 22, 2006

Egypt

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Egypt ProfileEgypt Profile Vulnerability to Climate ChangeVulnerability to Climate Change Response to Climate Change Response to Climate Change

ThreatsThreats GHG Inventory 1990/1991GHG Inventory 1990/1991 Problems during preparing INCProblems during preparing INC Steps of solving the problemsSteps of solving the problems

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Egypt ProfileEgypt Profile

Location: Northern Africa,

bordering the Mediterranean Sea,

between Libya and the Gaza Strip,

and the Red Sea north of Sudan,

and includes the Asian Sinai

Peninsula.

Climate: desert; hot, dry summers

with moderate winters.

Population:78,887,007 (July 2006

est.)

real growth rate: 4.7% (2005 est.)

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Vulnerability to Climate Vulnerability to Climate ChangeChange

Egypt is one of the highly vulnerable countries to climate change

Several adaptation and mitigation measures should be adopted

Challenges Shortage of the

available energy Deficit of water

resources Rise of sea level

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Response to Climate Change Response to Climate Change ThreatsThreats

Legislation (Law No. 4/1994) National Committee for Climate Change (1997) Different projects and Studies on Climate

Change Capacity Building Public Awareness

Initial National Communication (1999) National Action Plan on Climate Change (1999) National Strategy Study for CDM (2003) Second National Communication (2006) Egyptian DNA (Egyptian Council & Bureau)

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Sectoral Emissions as % of Sectoral Emissions as % of Total Emissions 1990 /1991 Total Emissions 1990 /1991

in Egyptin Egypt

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RandomRandom waste Siteswaste Sites

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OpenOpen

DumpingDumping

MethaneMethane EmissionsEmissions

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Problems during preparing Problems during preparing INCINC

lack of institutional support insufficient fundslack of institutional support insufficient funds

inadequate technical specifications for inadequate technical specifications for

issuing licensesissuing licenses

insufficient law enforcementinsufficient law enforcement

lack of experience in solid waste collectionlack of experience in solid waste collection

insufficient community participationinsufficient community participation

lack of solid waste landfills, and absence of a lack of solid waste landfills, and absence of a

waste recycling policy.waste recycling policy.

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Steps of solving the Steps of solving the problemproblem

Cooperation with DonorsCooperation with Donors

Landfill Site Selection (life programme)Landfill Site Selection (life programme)

GHG Inventory for the solid waste Sector in GHG Inventory for the solid waste Sector in

Egypt (CIDA) Egypt (CIDA)

Methane Recovery from landfill (CIDA)Methane Recovery from landfill (CIDA)

CDM ProjectsCDM Projects

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GHG Inventory for the solid GHG Inventory for the solid waste Sector in Egypt waste Sector in Egypt

(CIDA)(CIDA)

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GHG Inventory for the solid GHG Inventory for the solid waste Sector in Egypt waste Sector in Egypt

(CIDA)(CIDA)

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Onyx Alexandria Landfill Gas Capture and Onyx Alexandria Landfill Gas Capture and Flaring ProjectFlaring Project

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Onyx Alexandria Landfill Gas Capture and Onyx Alexandria Landfill Gas Capture and Flaring ProjectFlaring Project

Three projects under preparationThree projects under preparation

Public AwarenessPublic AwarenessCGE Hands-on Training Workshop on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories for the African Region

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www.eeaa.gov.eg\eccwww.eeaa.gov.eg\ecc

Public AwarenessPublic AwarenessCGE Hands-on Training Workshop on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories for the African Region

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Thank You

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Let’s save our planet…

For more information :

Climate Change UnitEgyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)

Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs30 Misr Helwan El-Zyrae Rd., Maadi – Cairo – Egypt, P.O. Box

11728Tel/Fax 2-02-817-38-92

E-mail: ccu@eeaa.gov.egWebsite: www.eeaa.gov.eg/ecc

www.cdmegypt.org

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