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The IHO capacity building programme seeks to assess and advise on how countries can best meet their international obligations and serve their own best interests by providing appropriate hydrographic and nautical charting services. Such services directly support safety of navigation, safety of life at sea, efficient sea transportation and the wider use of the seas and oceans in a sustainable way, including the protection of the marine environment, coastal zone management, fishing, marine resource exploration and exploitation, maritime boundary delimitation, maritime defence and security, and o...[more]
With Egypt's plans for renewable energy becoming more vigorous, Egyptian government has introduced its Long-Term Plan for Wind Energy policy to achieve a sustainable energy transition. Source: UNEP (2011) Green Economy . Advisory Services. Achieving a sustainable energy transition is one of the major challenges but also represents opportunities for Egypt. The Egyptian Supreme Council of Energy approved the "Long-Term Plan for Wind Energy" and fixed a target to meet 20% of electricity needs with renewable energy by 2020, with 12 per cent coming from wind energy. In 2009, Egypt attracted US$490 ...[more]
Egypt is committed to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs and has already taken important steps. In February 2016, Egypt officially launched its Sustainable Development Strategy: Egypt Vision 2030. The strategy spans the 3 dimensions of SD, namely; economic, social and environmental. Efforts are underway to align the Strategy’s key performance indicators to the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. The Government formally expressed to the UN system in Egypt, including UNDP, its needs for coordination and technical support to advance with the roll-out of the 2030 Agenda. These include stak...[more]
It is an initiative to create communication channels between scientists and the community in the Middle East Region and North Africa for sustainable development and citizenship as science is the core of sustainable development. Source: International - Curricula Educators Association It is an initiative to create communication channels between scientists and the community in the Middle East Region and North Africa for sustainable development and citizenship as science is the core of sustainable development, through the following: 1) Educational Reform: A- Lobbying for reforming science curri...[more]
Egypt's Sixth Five-Year Plan (2007 - 2012) contains seven programs for environmental protection. Source: UNEP (2011) Green Economy . Advisory Services. The plan's seven programs for environmental protection are as follows: waste management, improving air quality, improving water quality, eradicating industrial pollution, environmental protection, training and environmental awareness, and decentralization in environment administration.
