Environmental issues in Egypt

Egypt's environmental problems include, but are not limited to, air pollution by cars. Agencies such as the Egyptian Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs have been created to promote and protect Egypt's natural resources.

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• Egypt will reach the threshold for extreme water scarcity in 2033.

• Over 80% of the population is exposed to at least one major climate or environmental risk.
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• Pollution and degradation due to untreated sewage, industrial effluent, and agricultural runoff … are often discharged into the Nile.”

• Egypt’s coastal areas” face exposure to “rising seas, flooding, higher temperatures, air pollution and desertification.
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