Egypt - Environment
As far as the environment of Egypt is concerned, there have been agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; limited natural freshwater resources away from the Nile, which is the only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Egypt
| Climate | We have desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters |
|---|---|
| Revenue from forest resources | 0.15% of GDP (2018 est.) |
| Revenue from coal | |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 21 million tons (2012 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 57.5 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | An Nīl (Nile) river mouth (shared with Rwanda [s], Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, and Sudan) - 6,650 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 10.75 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 5.4 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 61.35 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 63.16 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 238.56 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 59.68 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 3.6% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 2.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 0.1% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 96.3% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 43.1% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 1.9% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 22.183 million CAIRO (capital), 5.588 million Alexandria, 778,000 Bur Sa'id (2023). |
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