Climate Change Adaptation and Natural Disasters Preparedness in the Coastal Cities of North Africa The World Bank is directing and financing a Regional Study on Adaptation to Climate Change and Natural Disasters in the Coastal Cities of North Africa (Alexandria in Egypt, Tunis in Tunisia and Casablanca in Morocco and on the Bouregreg Valley between Rabat and Sale in Morocco). The Alexandria part of the study is being carried out by the Arab Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime Transportation (Arab Academy) and the international consulting consortium led by Egis BCEOM of France.