Empowering the Informal City: Climate Justice and Local Solutions

About this project

The project aims to: -Address the climate crisis, particularly urban heat, in informal residential buildings through their specific typology and urban fabric. -Revalue and reinterpret “traditional” passive cooling techniques in regional heritage lost due to modern building technologies and construction industry. -Empower local communities by developing low-cost and low-tech interventions that can be produced and maintained locally, thus lending them agency. -Frame these climate adaptation solutions in the wider context of the global struggle for climate justice, and involve local residents and international experts in these conversations. -Disseminate the local knowledge and technologies developed in the project to wider audience in both Egypt and the Netherlands. -Capitalize on the ongoing Dutch-Egyptian collaboration through knowledge exchange and hands-on design-build workshops.

Published by

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands · Government

Countries

Egypt

Sectors

Social Protection

Focus

Environment · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Main focus

Funded by

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Implemented by

Cairo Lab for Urban Studies Cluster

Accountable

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Passes funds through

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Published by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 3 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-7-PPR-250002571.

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