Adaptation to a changing climate in the Arab countries : overview and technical summary (English)

Water scarcity will increasingly be a challenge in the Arab countries. The Arab region has the lowest freshwater resource endowment in the world. All but six Arab countries (the Comoros, Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, and the Syrian Arab Republic) suffer from water scarcity, which is defined as having less than 1,000 m of water per person per year. It is estimated that climate change will reduce water runoff by 10 percent by 2050. Currently, the region...

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Verner,Dorte;
Document Date
2012/07/23
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
73483
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1
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1
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Middle East and North Africa,
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Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2012/12/04
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Disclosed
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Adaptation to a changing climate in the Arab countries : overview and technical summary
Keywords
united nations framework convention on climate change

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Verner,Dorte.

Adaptation to a changing climate in the Arab countries : overview and technical summary (English). MENA development report Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/690661468275336230

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