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.
Upcoming Events
26
Sep
Financing Nature: Pro-Environmental Behavioral Change
07:00 PM
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08:00 PM
Online
Join this session featuring Vian Sharif as she discusses nature degradation and how it exceeds planetary boundaries.
27
Sep
World Bank Group's Middle East and North Africa Climate Roadmap
04:30 PM
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06:30 PM
AUC New Cairo
The World Bank Group presents its climate roadmap in the Middle East and North Africa, which aims to spur climate action and implement a green recovery in the region. A panel discussion on food systems, water security and climate-smart cities follows.
29
Sep
The Road to COP27: Shifting Behaviors to Address Climate Change in Egypt
02:00 PM
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04:00 PM
AUC New Cairo
Join an impeccable line-up of speakers, providing insights into how we can incorporate evidence-based solutions in combating climate change in Egypt.
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.
COP27 and Beyond: Climate Policy and Inclusive Development
Humanity has to change the pattern of development that has been followed since the Industrial Revolution after it proved to be solely based on growth, regardless of its consequences on the planet, which is unsustainable.
Wael Aboulmagd
Special Representative of COP27 President-Designate
Research and Initiatives
AUC Joins Race to Zero Campaign, Pledges to Achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2050
AUC has joined the Race to Zero campaign, a UN-backed global initiative aimed at achieving a zero-carbon world. The University has pledged to halve its emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest.
‘Greening’ Real Estate: AUC to Host Collaborative Program on Climate-Adaptive Development
Futures Lab, an upcoming retreat hosted by the AUC Innovation Hub and New Silk Roads, will encourage collaboration between business leaders, architects, researchers and policymakers to explore how the future of Egyptian real estate may be adapted to climate change-related challenges.
Special Representative of COP27 President-Designate Wael Aboulmagd Discusses COP27, Climate Solutions at AUC
Special Representative of COP27 President-Designate Wael Aboulmagd took the stage at AUC Tahrir Square this week to discuss the significance of the upcoming COP27 conference, which will be hosted by Egypt in Sharm El Sheikh this November.
Heat Waves: A New Normal?
From Palmdale, California to Dazhou, China and all continents in between, unprecedented temperatures this summer have impacted the health of our loved ones and wreaked havoc on water, food and energy supplies around the world.
Faculty Spotlight
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
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.
