Egypt - Country Climate and Development Report : Background Note - Pathways for Resilient and Green Cities (English)

This report presents key findings and recommendations based on a series of analytical activities regarding resilient cities and coastal economies that were conducted as part of the preparation of the full Egypt Climate Change and Development Report (CCDR). Chapter 2 of this report presents the various climate risks that fall under Pillar 2 of the framework, first for Egypt overall and second for the 14 key cities mentioned previously. It is based on a comprehensive climate risk assessment conducted by the World Bank. Further, Chapter 2 presents the interplay between Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 from a climate change adaptation perspective, covering how the sustainability, efficiency, and resilience of urban systems are correlated with climate hazards and vulnerabilities across cities. Chapter 3 presents the interplay between GHG emissions and urban systems from a mitigation perspective, covering how urbanization patterns and low-emission choices across urban infrastructure and service delivery drive the GHG emission footprints of cities. Chapter 4 summarizes the challenges in the existing institutional and fiscal landscape for urban functions that constrain the transition toward low carbon and resilient cities. Chapter 5 presents the transformative levers that can be applied across urban systems (from Pillar 1) and enabling systems (Pillar 3). Further, Chapter 5 also provides a snapshot of the financing needs, GHG mitigation trade-offs, and economic trade-offs of the investments and policies that are crucial for the transition toward low-carbon and resilient cities. Finally, Chapter 6 provides key short-, medium-, and long-term actions that the government should undertake to mainstream the transformative levers proposed in Chapter 5.