Hamada Elrasam

Egypt has been working to diversify its sources of electricity, building wind, solar and nuclear plants, in addition to boosting traditional oil and gas-fired energy production in a bid to end chronic power shortages.

As voters lined up outside the polls in Cairo Saturday, music blared and some among the crowds danced and waved Egyptian flags.Many people held

"Do the right thing, vote yes!'" read signs and banners draped on buildings across Cairo.

Researchers in Egypt say their country is especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change, pointing to the falling discharge levels and reduced crop yields in the historically fertile Nile River Delta. Among the biggest casualties have been people — farmers, who migration experts say are leaving their land in large numbers and going to the cities. Cairo videographer Hamada Elrasam has more.

Researchers say Egypt, with its arid, sun-scorched landscape and its limited sources of water, is one of the countries potentially most at risk of