The Future Impacts of Climate Change on Egyptian Population

Egypt is one of the potential vulnerable countries to the effect of climate warming. The negative consequences of climate warming are Sea Level Rise (SLR), water scarcity, agriculture and food insufficiency, and pressures on population dynamics and dimensions. The most probably impacts of climate change are: migration of part of the Egyptian population, increase in population density, adverse impacts on human health (crowding and tropical diseases), exaggerated the problem of water supply and demand, food insufficiency, and contamination of fresh ground water. Climate change will affect all economic activities in Egypt with different levels. Agriculture sector will be the mostly severely impacted flowed by the industrial sector and tourism sector. Fisheries and tourism are likely to be the most impacted jobs by climate change. International conflicts could arise over rights to shared Nile River as a result of climate change, in addition to the population growth and development pressures. Concrete sea walls to protect the beaches along the Mediterranean, reducing the population growth to the replacement level, and producing 20% of total energy from renewable and clean sources are the most important strategies to confront the problem.