Climate Change in MENA: Challenges and Opportunities for the World’s Most Water Stressed Region

Sieghart, Lia Carol; Betre, Mahlette Mussie

doi:10.1596/29419

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“…Climate change has a direct effect on food availability in the region. Faced with scarce arid land and water resources, the ability of EMR countries to produce food is further compromised by climate change [ 13 , 15 , 107 ]. The region’s increasing temperature and sea levels, coupled with rising land salinity and shift in species, are expected to lead to environmental changes, which will negatively impact marine life, crops and ultimately food production [ 109 ].…”

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“…It is predicted that these patterns will more likely worsen in the coming years, with climate change, leading to a further reduction in precipitation levels of 15–45% by the end of the century [ 11 ], with intense pressure on agriculture; the great majority of which (70%) is rain-fed [ 12 ]. On the other hand, trends in the region predict a doubling in population size in the coming decades [ 11 ], thus compounding the effect of climate change with additional significant challenges to livelihoods and food security [ 13 ]. The region already harbors a high prevalence of food insecurity and a double burden of malnutrition characterized by the co-existence of undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, as well as overweight and obesity [ 14 ].…”

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Climate Change and Nutrition: Implications for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Al-Jawaldeh

Nabhani

Taktouk

et al. 2022

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The Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is considered among the world’s most vulnerable to the dire impacts of climate change. This review paper aims at (1) characterizing climate change in countries of the EMR; (2) examining the potential effects of climate change on the nutritional and health status of the population; and (3) identifying the most vulnerable population groups. The paper explored several climate change indicators including daily temperatures, extreme temperature, daily precipitation, extreme precipitation (flooding, drought, storms, etc.), humidity, CO2 concentrations and sea surface temperature in EMR countries. Findings suggest that climate change will exert a significant adverse effect on water and food security and showed that the nutritional status of the population, which is already characterized by the triple burden of malnutrition, is likely to worsen via three main pathways mediated by climate change, namely, its impact on food security, care and health. Women, infants, children, those living in poor households and those experiencing displacement will be among the most vulnerable to the nutritional impacts of climate change. The paper concludes with a set of recommendations from the Initiative on Climate Action and Nutrition, which can support the region in tackling the critical nexus of climate change and nutrition.

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Climate Change and Nutrition: Implications for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Al-Jawaldeh

Nabhani

Taktouk

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“…Several countries in the MENA region are already taking initiatives to advance their global climate pledges and transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy (Sieghart and Betre, 2018). Recognizing that climate change poses an urgent threat to its mission, the World Bank Group has pledged to address the issue and collaborate with countries to achieve their climate goals.…”

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The impact of climate change on budget balances and debt in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

Giovanis

Özdamar²

2022

Climatic Change

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Lower tax revenues and greater government spending result in higher deficits and public debt. As a result, determining the degree of budgetary effects is vital, but important to assess the persistence of these effects. We aim to investigate the impact of climate change on the fiscal balance and public debt in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. The empirical analysis relies on panel data in the period 1990-2019 and employs various models. The findings show that temperature changes adversely affect the government budget and increase debt, but we find no significant impact of changes in rainfall. The average temperature decreases fiscal balance by 0.3 percent and increases debt by 1.87 percent. Using projections of temperature and rainfall over the years 2020 to 2099, we find a significant decrease in the fiscal balance at 7.3 percent and an increase in the public debt at 16 percent in 2060-2079 and 18 percent in 2080-2099 under the assumption of a high greenhouse gas (GHG) emission scenario. On the contrary, under the low GHG emission scenario, the fiscal balance deteriorates by 1.

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“…Despite some MENA's countries attempts to advance climate commitments and move to low-carbon and climate-resilient economics, the need for more progressive and global actions is abundantly clear. 15 As the oil industry is still the major driver of economy in many countries in the region, 16 the significant dependency on fossil fuel production and consumption and its growing consequences on climate change are not sustainable. In 2019, eight MENA member states were among the eleven countries with the highest greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions worldwide.…”

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“…14 Center for Population-Level Bioethics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. 15 Menzies Centre for Health Governance, The Australian National University,…”

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COP27: The Prospects and Challenges for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Takian

Mousavi

Yazdi‐Feyzabadi

et al. 2022

Int J Health Policy Manag

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In line with the global trend, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been growing vulnerable to the direct and indirect health effects of climate change including death tolls due to climatological disasters and diseases sensitive to climate change since the industrial revolution. Regarding the limited capacity of MENA countries to adapt and respond to these effects, and also after relative failures of the previous negotiation in Glasgow, in the upcoming COP27 in Egypt, the heads of the region’s parties are determined to take advantage of the opportunity to host MENA to mitigate and prevent the worst effects of climate change. This would be achieved through mobilizing international partners to support climate resilience, a major economic transformation, and put health policy and management in a strategic position to contribute to thinking and action on these pressing matters, at least to avoid or minimize the future adverse consequences.

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Climate Change in MENA: Challenges and Opportunities for the World’s Most Water Stressed Region

Cited by 8 publications

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Climate Change and Nutrition: Implications for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Climate Change and Nutrition: Implications for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

The impact of climate change on budget balances and debt in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

COP27: The Prospects and Challenges for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

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