AUC's Climate Change Initiative was established in response to worldwide climate change challenges and the active role academic and research institutions must play in understanding and addressing them. This initiative includes research, student activities, teaching and learning, as well as outreach activities. It draws on AUC’s extensive international network and rests on the academic and research expertise at the University’s departments and research centers. The initiative’s areas of focus are aligned with national and regional climate change and sustainability priorities.
Focus Areas
Water Scarcity
AUC activities address water scarcity encompass water and wastewater treatment and recycling using low cost approaches.
Energy Transition
AUC addresses renewable energies with activities on solar cell enhanced performance, hydrogen production research, and novel energy harvesting systems.
Green Finance
Our focus is understanding and addressing climate-induced risks for businesses, and enhancing the resilience of enterprises, especially micro, small, and medium ones against climate change.
Urban Development
AUC focuses on evaluating the carbon footprint of buildings and minimizing the associated adverse environmental impacts.
Public Health
AUC address a number of public health aspects in relation to environmental sustainability in general, and more specifically to climate change.
Upcoming Events
Research and Initiatives
Finance for Climate Action
Noha El-Mikawy, Dean of School of Global Affairs and Public Policy chats with Vera Songwe, Nonresident Senior Fellow – Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative, and former Under Secretary General at the UN and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa on the Finance for Climate Action report how emerging market economies can fill the fiscal constraints and the impact of Climate Change.
Heaven and Hell in the Anthropocene: Faculty Art Installation at COP27
Professor of Practice Bahia Shehab (MA '09) presents her experiential artwork, Heaven and Hell in the Anthropocene, in the heart of the Green Zone at COP27. The installation interactively shows viewers potential outcomes for humanity depending on how we choose to treat the environment.
AUC, University of Sheffield Students Collaborate to Boost Egypt's First Bike Share Program
Downtown Cairo is many things: a hub for Egyptian history, a home of historic and modern restaurants and shops, and the heart of a massive transportation network that extends all the way to the city’s desert suburbs. It is not, however, a haven for cyclists.
The Future of “Greening” Real Estate in Egypt; AUC Hosts Futures Lab to Explore Climate-Adaptive Development
Ahead of Egypt hosting COP27, the AUC Innovation Hub and New Silk Roads convened a Futures Lab in September exploring the question: “What if real estate accelerates a green transition?”
Closing the GAP-P
Large global issues such as climate change are difficult to tackle across sectors. Scientists, politicians, local governments and corporate industries often get isolated in their efforts to address environmental challenges, coming up with solutions that are narrower or smaller in scale.
We stand ready to work with all parties and the Egyptian COP presidency to ensure that the Glasgow Sharm El-Sheikh Work Program on the Global Goal on Adaptation will accelerate effective action, and to fully operationalize the Santiago Network.
John Kerry
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
Our aim in this initiative is to reinforce AUC’s role as an active academic hub on climate change and sustainable development in Egypt and the region, as well as an active contributor to global efforts addressing climate change challenges.
Ahmad Dallal
AUC President
My visit to COP27 has introduced me to a lot of very interesting initiatives and solutions as well as helped me expand my network, learn about many of the leading sustainable businesses of the world and meet great critical minds. It was astounding to me to learn what could be done in a matter of few years if everyone takes a solid stand towards a more sustainable future.
Ahmed El Khatib
Mechanical Engineering Sophomore
Sustainability at AUC
Center for Applied Research on the Environment and Sustainability
The center guides sustainable development efforts, providing holistic academic programs, applied interdisciplinary research, and community services for improving lives, livelihoods and safeguarding natural resources.
Office of Sustainability
The Office of Sustainability is responsible for addressing AUC’s environmental challenges, including climate change, resource scarcity, pollution, and waste management.
Academic Programs
AUC provides multiple academic programs on sustainability, which aim to educate innovative and visionary leaders with a holistic understanding of the developmental challenges in today’s world.
