Greater Cairo Air Pollution Management and Climate Change Project

About this project

The development objective of the Greater Cairo Air Pollution Management and Climate Change Project for Egypt is to reduce air and climate emissions from critical sectors and increase resilience to air pollution in Greater Cairo. The project comprises of five components. The first component, enhancing the air quality management and response system consists of following sub-components: (i) reduction of air pollution and greenhouse gas (GHGs); and (ii) strengthening resilience to air pollution. The second component, support the operationalization of solid waste management (SWM) master plans in Greater Cairo consists of following sub-components: (i) waste management infrastructure; (ii) supporting response to Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and improving healthcare waste management; and (iii) enabling activities, capacity building, and institutional strengthening. The third component, vehicle emission reduction consists of following sub-components: (i) electric bus fleet and related infrastructure; and (ii) enabling activities. The fourth component, enhanced capacity, behavioral change, and communication consists of following sub-components: (i) enhanced capacity and behavioral change; and (ii) communication and outreach. The fifth component, project management and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) will support strengthening the operational, fiduciary, and technical capacity of the project coordination unit (PCU) for implementation, coordination, supervision, and overall…

Published by

World Bank · Multilateral

Countries

Egypt

Sectors

Waste management/disposalTransport policy, planning and administrationBiosphere protection

Places

Arab Republic of Egypt, Muhafazat al Qalyubiyah, Cairo Governorate, Muhafazat al Jizah

Funded by

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Implemented by

Ministry of Environment

Accountable

Arab Republic of Egypt

Passes funds through

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Published by World Bank to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 2 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 44000-P172548.

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