Over the past 50 years, worries over climate change have been raising more concerns in regards to the future of coastal cities around the world. Today, more studies show that Egypt’s coastal city Alexandria, the second largest city, is at risk of being submerged due to rising sea levels. The Guardian published a report listing the cities that will be drowned by global warming estimating that 8 million people in Alexandria will be affected by the global temperature change. “The IPCC reported that Alexandria’s beaches would be submerged even with a 0.5-metre sea-level rise, while 8 million people would be displaced by flooding in Alexandria and the Nile Delta if no protective measures are taken. A 3C world threatens far greater damage than that,” said the report. Despite the huge amount of money poured into projects for prevention, awareness about the issue is very low. “Egypt spends 700m EGP [£30m] annually to protect the north coast,” said Magdy Allam, head of the Arab Environmental Experts Union, who was previously part of the Egyptian environment ministry, in the report. It further added that “Mohammed Ali seawall built in 1830 as a key protection, as well…
Alexandria at Risk of Being Submerged Due to Worsening Climate Change: Study
January 3, 2018
