Egypt & Colombia Resilient Communities and Climate Change Adaptation Approach Surrounding Water (North Coast and Nile Delta Regions in Egypt - Cauca and Magdalena Rivers, Mojana Delta and Caribbean North Coast)

The challenges we face due to climate change, population displacement, uncontrolled urban expansion, increasing social inequality, and ecosystem impacts require concrete, forward-thinking, preventive, and sustainable long-term actions. This effort must begin in areas where these problems are most evident: the regions affected by climate change.
Egypt and Colombia, both megadiverse and water-rich lands, owe much to their water resources. However, climate change, societal actions, and pollution have led to flooding and drought disasters in both countries, affecting regions and ecosystems connected to rivers, deltas, and seas.
Egypt: The Nile Delta is one of the most vulnerable deltas in the world to the impacts of climate change. The IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report identified the Nile Delta as one of the world's three "extreme" vulnerability hotspots.
This region contributes over 50% of Egypt’s economic activity through agriculture, industry, and fisheries.
Similarly, Colombia's main rivers, the Cauca and Magdalena, originate in the Colombian Massif and travel 965 and 1,528 kilometers, respectively, through 19 departments and 280 municipalities before merging in the Mojana Delta and flowing into the Caribbean Sea. These regions, home to 30 million people, are increasingly affected by climate change, facing worsening flood and drought cycles that impact natural, social, and economic dynamics.
Colombia and Egypt gained significant experience in transforming the realities of vulnerable populations. Over the past 40 years, the countries has undertaken comprehensive risk and disaster management initiatives. Efforts have focused on resource allocation across various sectors, including housing, education, economic reactivation, transportation, health, environment, water, and sanitation. This multi-sectoral approach addresses the complex issues affecting the region comprehensively. In Colombia These efforts have positively impacted over 15 million beneficiaries of local communities with a total investment of 405 USD million.
In Egypt, Project focuses on mitigating the impacts of climate change, particularly coastal flooding, due to rising sea levels and extreme storm events.
The project targets highly vulnerable to climate change effects areas and hold significant population, industry, and agricultural activities. Beneficiaries: About 16.9 million people , with a total investment of USD 105 million.
Future Cooperation: Beyond organizing an event, we have agreed on a work plan for international cooperation to share successful practices between Egypt and Colombia in preparation for WUF24 and beyond.
Additionally, we aim for the WUF to be an opportunity for Egypt as the host and Colombia as the host of COP16 on Biodiversity to showcase the culture, history, traditions, gastronomy, music, and art of our nations. Therefore, we will design a proposal of content and activities for the main Egypt Stand, as well as for various other spaces. See you in Cairo