Building Climate Resilience, Literally: Learning from How Households Renovate in Cairo

Introduction France, June 2022. Like every year during this season, the Roland Garros international tennis competition is being broadcast live on television. In the middle of the semi-final match, a young woman, barely in her twenties, enters the centre court, runs towards the net and ties her neck to it. The picture made the rounds in the press. She is seen sitting on her heels, knees on the ground, chest out, chin up, staring into the distance. On her white T-shirt, it says: ‘We have 1028 d...