Urgent action needed to save Nile Delta. Egypt’s Minister of State for Environment Affairs, George Maged, called for urgent action to save the Nile River Delta from rising sea levels. In speaking to an Egyptian parliamentary committee, the minister cautioned: “Many of the towns and urban areas in the north of the Delta will suffer from the rise in the level of the Mediterranean … and about 15% of Delta land is under threat from the rising sea level and the seepage into the ground water."

According to a study by the United Nations Environment Program, a one meter rise in sea level would displace 6.1 million people in the Nile River Delta. Our sincere appreciation for your caring advisory, Minister Maged. We pray that a solution will be found quickly to save the Nile River Delta, which has been the sustaining life source of the cradle of civilization since ancient times.