Miniter Interviews - Questions and Answers
Air Quality
what is the biggest problem cause pollution of air in Egypt?
What is the Egyptian government doing to solve air pollution in Cairo?
What is the plan of the ministry to prevent burning of Rice Straw?
What is the opinion of Law against burning of Rice Straw?
(vii) Within the mitigation field, how do countries find a balance between clean energy for development and reducing emissions? Where does the balance lie, and how should it differ by country?
(vi) What is the role of the private sector in both mitigation and adaptation? In particular, what role should the insurance industry play?
Climate Change
The vulnerabilities of costal zones to sea level rise and other climatic impacts.
Egyptian vulnerability to climate change impacts
Response of Egypt Towards Climate Change Impacts
What are the expected impacts of climate change on Egypt?
How does Egypt response to climate change?
How do other relevant ministers/agencies contribute to climate change?
What about the future plan/s of Egypt towards climate change?
What are the Egyptian potential for CDM projects and benefiting from Kyoto Protocol?
The impacts of climate changes on the agriculture productivity in northern coasts of the Nile delta?
The effects of extreme weather events on the delta ?
The variation of crops under climate change stresses?
The impacts of climate change in tourism sector of northern coast
The variability of Egypt’s water resources induced by climate change and climate variability
Egypt is extremely vulnerable to climate change in spite of its low emissions
Environmental cooperation between Egypt and Australia
(v) What is the role of the GEF in the context of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol? What should it be in the period extending beyond 2012?
(iv) What do we really mean when we talk about “climate-resilient development”? How can it best be achieved?
(ii) Some analysts have argued that compared with the costs of adaptation, the costs of mitigation seem like a bargain. Others believe that the costs of adaptation are marginal if adaptation is systematically mainstreamed into development. How should the relative costs between the two responses be weighted as a result? Will integrated mitigation and adaptation analysis lead to further direct linkages of this nature?
For research dealing with the likely impacts of climate change, there is a strong need for integrated research that assesses climate change impacts on coastal zones, water resources and human health at the same time, with specific emphasis on the potential impact on water resources.
(i) What are the experiences of developed and developing countries in pursuing both mitigation and adaptation? What weighting or emphasis should be appropriate for each? How, then, should GEF respond to those needs in its program countries? How should the GEF increase its effectiveness and find the appropriate balance between the mitigation and adaptation field?
