UNDP will continue working to increase incomes and quality of life through a cleaner environment, better protected natural areas and additional renewable energy sources, while also building the resilience of communities and the economy to climate shocks. This will require more efficient, effective and sustainable use of natural resources in the economy, including water and biodiversity. It will also require more sustainable production and consumption systems and leveraging of investments for adapting rapidly to climate change.

Clean Energy

UNDP will promote strategies and mechanisms that incentivize the private sector to invest in climate change mitigation and a rapid transition to low-emissions technologies, in line with the national commitment for renewable energy to cover 42% of the country’s electricity needs by 2030. In collaboration with relevant institutions, UNDP supports the incentive mechanisms necessary to implement the Waste Management Law with market-based waste-to energy initiatives, hazardous waste disposal and the reduction of ozone depleting substances.

In partnership with the Government, UNDP leverages investments from public domestic sources, global funds, local financial institutions and foreign investment for gender sensitive climate change mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk reduction. UNDP will continue promoting nature-based innovations to protect lives and livelihoods of communities affected by climate change, and support value chains to scale up sustainable, climate-smart, biologically diverse, healthy and income-generating agricultural practices.

Resource Management

UNDP will also continue to mainstream community-based natural resource management approaches in protected areas, whilst accelerating market-based solutions and private investment in ecotourism and biodiversity conservation, building on the country’s sixth national report to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Nature- Based Solutions

To balance economic growth, urbanization, sustainable use of natural resources and develop 15% of the country’s land by 2052, UNDP and UN-Habitat foster multilevel, consultative, sustainable spatial planning, in support of the Government’s General Organization for Physical Planning to ensure economically efficient and environmentally sound land use that optimizes resources and development opportunities for all.

Sustainable Tourism

Ecotourism, as part of UNDP support to sustainable tourism, will play a transformative role in achieving this outcome. UNDP’s support to large-scale programs such as the national project for the development of Egyptian villages (Haya Kareema) will devise replicable models for integrated climate change mitigation and adaptation initiatives. Civil society, business associations and NGOs will support public awareness campaigns and implementation of nature conservation and sustainable economy initiatives. Communication and mass media channels will be important tools to support attitudinal change and trigger market transformation to low carbon technologies and applications.

UNDP will continue coordinating its initiatives to support local communities and especially poor women living in and around the protected areas, and to help farmers and value chains adapt to climate change with new and improved business models.

UNDP will collaborate with FAO, UNESCO, the World Food Programme (WFP) and others, including on the national climate change adaptation monitoring and evaluation and early warning systems.