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...

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Main Author:	Verner, Dorte
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20573

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spelling	okr-10986-205732021-04-23T14:03:56Z Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries Verner, Dorte 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 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. 2014-11-19T20:22:39Z 2014-11-19T20:22:39Z 2013-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17278050/adaptation-changing-climate-arab-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20573 English en_US MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 79 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Middle East North Africa
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Verner, Dorte Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
geographic_facet	Middle East and North Africa Middle East North Africa
relation	MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 79
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Verner, Dorte
author_facet	Verner, Dorte
author_sort	Verner, Dorte
title	Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
title_short	Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
title_full	Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
title_fullStr	Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
title_sort	adaptation to a changing climate in the arab countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17278050/adaptation-changing-climate-arab-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20573
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Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries

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