Urban Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries

Chapter1: Introduction.- Chapter2: Global Climate Change Risks - Sectors and Variables' Changes.- Chapter3: Climate Change Impacts on Urban Areas and Infrastructure.- Chapter4: Global Climate Change Adaptation Measures in Cities and Urban Areas.- Chapter5: Global Climate Change Adaptation Policies.- Chapter6: Risks, Policies, Measures, and Actions for Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries.- Chapter7: Climate Change Adaptation Projects: Global and Developing Countries' Context.- Chapter8: Climate change adaptation scenarios in developing countries.

Mohsen Aboulnaga has more than thirty five years of experience in higher education, government, senior management, and consultancy in Sustainable Energy, including energy efficiency and renewable energy, energy policy development, and green cities as well as climate change adaptation and academic positions. Dr Aboulnaga is a Professor of Sustainable Built Environment at Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University and Government Strategy and Policy Adviser. He is a registered Expert at the UNESCO - Inclusive Policy Lab., Paris and an Associate and Senior Consultant - Strategy and Sustainable Development at Oil and Gas Skills (OGS), Ministry of Petroleum, Egypt. Dr Aboulnaga is also an Associate Expert at the Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE). In addition, he is an expert on sustainability and green urban development, sustainable development, and sustainable built environment, including energy efficiency, green building and smart cities in developing countries as well as the Gulf region and worldwide. His areas of competency include strategy planning, policy development, low-carbon society, green cities and sustainable building as well as renewable energy and climate change. Other areas of expertise include executive capacity building and coaching training on strategic planning and leadership; develop vision and strategic goals and action plans. Between December 2014 and April 2018, Dr Aboulnaga has been appointed by the European Union and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFAs) in two capacities for the Clean Energy Savings Mediterranean Cities (CES-MED) project, a funded project by the European Union (2013-2018). Between October 2015 and September 2016, Dr Aboulnaga has been appointed the National Senior Expert for the Human Dynamics Consortium - KG to develop the CES-MED National Recommendations Report (NRR) on Sustainable Urban and Energy Savings Actions for Egypt, as part of CES-MED project, a report was officially published in