Green Frontiers: Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience through Mangrove Restoration and Saline Agriculture

Session Description: The high-level panel will explore the transformative potential of nature-based solutions in building climate resilience across coastal landscapes, especially the Red Sea Coastline. With a focus on mangrove restoration and saline agriculture, the session brings together perspectives from finance, policy, and science to discuss scalable innovations that address both environmental and socio-economic challenges. Panelists will delve into: How green finance is unlocking investment in ecosystem-based adaptation. The role of government policy in enabling integrated coastal management. Cutting-edge research and technologies driving sustainable agriculture in saline environments. This session is hosted under the Mangrove Eco-system Restoration Project at The American University in Cairo, which is pioneering nature-based climate solutions along the Red Sea coast, a region at the frontline of climate vulnerability and ecological opportunity.

12:30 - 14:00 (MONACO C)
Day 1

Conveners

Mangroves Ecosystem Restoration Solution (MERS)
AUC's Center for Applied Research on the Environment and Sustainability (AUC CARES)

Chairman

Moderator

Eng. Hossam El Zayat / Deputy Director, CARES, AUC

Speakers

Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Ali / The executive project manager of the GCF/UNDP Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation in the North Coast and Nile Delta Regions in Egypt project (ECCADP)
Mr. Hossam Allam / Managing Partner, Climate Resilient Africa Fund
Dr. Alaa Sarhan / Professor of Environmental Economics, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Mr. Fahad Kimera / Senior Agriculture Manager, CARES, AUC
Ms. Yomna Mohamed / Project Manager, Egyptian Red Sea Initiative, UNDP
Mr. Hussein Ghanem / Operations Director, ElGouna Town Management