Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries

Verner, Dorte

Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries

For thousands of years, the people of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have coped with the challenges of climate variability by adapting their survival strategies to changes in rainfall and temperature. Temperatures are expected to increase, and in most places less rainfall.is expected. Water availability is expected to decrease, and with a growing population, the already water-scarce regions are not having sufficient supplies to irrigate crops, support industry, or provide drinking water. Low quality urban drainage systems have contributed to flooding in some Arab cities and the threat of more flooding is impetus to finally rebuild infrastructure. In rural areas, climate change is forcing communities to rethink gender roles that perpetuate gender inequality. Finally, adaptation governance needs to be improved and implemented throughout the region. Anticipation of climate change is stimulus for improving interventions, galvanizing support, and improving governance.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Verner, Dorte
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, CHILD CARE, CHILD MORTALITY, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION, CLIMATE, CLIMATE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES, CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS, CLIMATE DATA, CLIMATE IMPACTS, CLIMATE PREDICTIONS, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, CLIMATE RISKS, CLIMATE STATIONS, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, CORAL REEFS, DECISION MAKING, DECISION MAKING PROCESS, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, DISEASES, DOMESTIC WORKLOAD, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, DRINKING WATER, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC DATA, ECONOMIC IMPACT, EQUITABLE ACCESS, EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS, EXTREME EVENTS, FERTILITY, FINANCIAL NEEDS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FLOODS, FOOD PRODUCTION, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER ROLES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROUNDWATER, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEAVY RAINS, INCOME, INSURANCE, INSURANCE SCHEMES, INTENSE RAINFALL, JOBS, LABOR MARKET, LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT, LIVING CONDITIONS, MALARIA, MARKET ECONOMY, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, PENSIONS, POLICY FORMULATION, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL CHANGE, POOR HEALTH, PRECIPITATION, PREGNANCY, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, QUALITY EDUCATION, RAINFALL, RAINFALL EVENTS, RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, RULE OF LAW, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POPULATIONS, RURAL WOMEN, SAFETY NETS, SALINE INTRUSION, SCENARIOS, SEAWATER, SERVICE DELIVERY, SEVERE WEATHER, SUPPLY CHAINS, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURES, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN MIGRATION, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POPULATION GROWTH, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, WARMER CLIMATE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER QUALITY, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SUPPLY, WATER USE, WOMAN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17278050/adaptation-changing-climate-arab-countries https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20573
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