For most Egyptians, global warming and climate change are seemingly foreign concepts -ones that are confined in occurrence and consequences to faraway lands. While the reality of climate change, its roots and future implications rarely get the attention they deserve, apocalyptic Hollywood movies have often brought to the silver screens the eventual downfall of the developed world’s mighty nations due to their own man-made destruction. Because they are virtually non-existent concepts in the public consciousness, most Egyptians are unaware of the immense harm that can befall their country as a result of climate change and its potentially devastating impacts on Egypt. While barely communicated on a national scale, most Egyptians only encounter the topic of climate change in a few paragraphs in a dusty middle-school textbook, briefly explained and soon long forgotten. Needless to say, that needs to change! Whenever the topic arises, skeptics everywhere jump at the opportunity to turn to their favorite argument: What has changed? The sky is still blue and the grass is still green! As if decades of well-founded scientific evidence were not enough, the simplest proof of our changing climate in most cases, including…
