THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN WEST ALEXANDRIA

BY MAGGIE B.B. PHIRI20th OCTOBER,2012 ALYM

CONTENT

• INTRODUCTION• GENERAL OVERVIEW• CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON COASTAL

AREAS• POSSIBLE FUTURE IMPACTS• CHALLENGES• THE BIG PICTURE• CONCLUSSION

INTRODUCTION

• Climate change is affecting almost every area of the earth

• Both positively and negatively.• Drawing attention from People of all races and

career backgrounds• Alexandria a coastal city is not an exception to

the effect of climate change

GENERAL OVERVIEW

• Places visitedLake Mariot

-sewage canalReclamed land for infrastructure and agriculture

Khafl El-Sheikh– Sand dunes– Replenishing of some wild species

Damieta(Nile Branch)Sea risingLoss of Biodiversity

GENERAL OVERVIEW CONT…Rash and Edco

Salinization

Loss of acquatic species

Village near Brullus

Salinization

Tough Agriculture

CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON COASTAL AREAS

• Sea level rising i.eNile Delta subsidizing at a rate of 3-5mm/yr.25-meter rise would put 60% of Alex popn of 4million

blow sea levelA rise of .5meter would b more disastrous

Sea Acidification

Melting of ice glaciers

POSSIBLE FUTURE IMPACTS

• More rising of the sea Level• Complete Loss of Biodiversity• High risk of hunger• High risk to natural disasters

CHALLENGES

• New agricultureal practices needed

• New technologies needed

• Economy Decrising (imbalances)

• Complete loss of biodiversity

THE BIG PICTURE

• People of West Alex have sanddunes helping resolving climate change

• They preserved them long before they knew scientific aspects of climate change

• Adopted to agriculture practices long in the 1900.

• Today Agriculture is costly in these regions

CONCLUSSION

Knowing that human activities are a major contributing factor to the climate change,I believe that it is also through Humans that we can influence positive impact on the Global climate change.

END OF PRESENTATION

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