Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries : A Case for Adaptation Governance and Leadership in Building Climate Resilience

Adapting to climate change is not a new phenomenon for the Arab world. For thousands of years, the people in Arab countries have coped with the challenges of climate variability by adapting their survival strategies to changes in rainfall and tempe...

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Main Author:	Verner, Dorte
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION AIR AIR QUALITY ALGAL BLOOMS ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ANNUAL RAINFALL AQUIFERS ARID AREAS ARID ZONES ASH ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE BARLEY CATCHMENT AREAS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION CLIMATE CLIMATE ACTION CLIMATE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGIES CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE DISASTERS CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE PREDICTIONS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RELATED DISASTERS CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE SHIFT CLIMATE STATIONS CLIMATE STRESS CLIMATE TRENDS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE-PROOF CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS CLIMATES CLIMATIC RECORDS CLIMATIC TRENDS CLIMATOLOGY CO COASTAL AREAS COLDER TEMPERATURES COLORS CONSERVATION OF NATURE COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE CORAL REEFS DAMAGES DECISION MAKERS DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING PROCESS DEMAND MANAGEMENT DESALINATION DESERTS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DOMESTIC USERS DRAINAGE SYSTEMS DRINKING WATER DROUGHT DRY LANDS DRYLANDS DUST ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DATA ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEM EFFICIENCY GAINS EFFICIENT WATER USE ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS EQUITABLE ACCESS EROSION CONTROL EVAPORATION EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE HAZARDS EXTREME CLIMATE EVENTS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME HEAT EXTREME HEAT EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURES EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FARMING COMMUNITIES FINANCIAL NEEDS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FLOODS FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD PRODUCTION FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL CLIMATE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER RESERVES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEAVY RAINS HIGH TEMPERATURES IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPORTS INCOME INDUSTRIAL USES INDUSTRIAL WATER INFORMATION ON CLIMATE INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE INSURANCE INSURANCE SCHEMES INTENSE RAINFALL INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRRIGATION SYSTEMS JOBS LARGE DAMS LIVING CONDITIONS MANAGEMENT OF ECOSYSTEMS MARKET ECONOMY MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE CHANGE MUNICIPAL USES NEGATIVE IMPACTS NUTRIENT LOADS OPPORTUNITY COSTS ORGANIC MATTER PASTURES PESTICIDE USE POLICY MAKERS POPULATION GROWTH PRECIPITATION PRODUCERS PROPERTY RIGHTS QUALITY STANDARDS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL EVENTS RAINFALL LEVELS RAINFALL VARIABILITY RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT REVENUE LOSS RISK MANAGEMENT RIVERS SALINE INTRUSION SCARCE WATER SCENARIOS SEASON SEAWATER SERVICE DELIVERY SEVERE WEATHER SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SOLAR RADIATION STORM SURGES SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURES IN CITIES UNCERTAINTIES UNEMPLOYMENT VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WAGES WARMER CLIMATE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CONDITIONS WATER DEMAND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER PRICES WATER PRICING WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER REUSE WATER SAVINGS WATER SCARCITY WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY WATER USE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER EXTREMES WEATHER PATTERNS WELLS
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Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries : A Case for Adaptation Governance and Leadership in Building Climate Resilience

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