Feeling the Heat: Adapting to Climate Change in the Middle East and Central Asia

By Christoph Duenwald, Yasser Abdih, . Kerstin Gerling, Vahram Stepanyan, Abdullah Alhassan, Gareth Anderson, Anja Baum, Sergejs Saksonovs, Lamiae Agoumi, Chen Chen, Mehdi Benatiya Andaloussi, Sahra Sakha, Faten Saliba, Jesus Sanchez

March 30, 2022

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Christoph Duenwald, Yasser Abdih, . Kerstin Gerling, Vahram Stepanyan, Abdullah Alhassan, Gareth Anderson, Anja Baum, Sergejs Saksonovs, Lamiae Agoumi, Chen Chen, Mehdi Benatiya Andaloussi, Sahra Sakha, Faten Saliba, and Jesus Sanchez. Feeling the Heat: Adapting to Climate Change in the Middle East and Central Asia, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2022) accessed December 21, 2024

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Summary

Climate change is among humanity’s greatest challenges, and the Middle East and Central Asia region is on the frontlines of its human, economic, and physical ramifications. Much of the region is located in already difficult climate zones, where global warming exacerbates desertification, water stress, and rising sea levels. This trend entails fundamental economic disruptions, endangers food security, and undermines public health, with ripple effects on poverty and inequality, displacement, and conflict. Considering the risks posed by climate change, the central message of this departmental paper is that adapting to climate change by boosting resilience to climate stresses and disasters is a critical priority for the region’s economies.

Subject: Climate change, Climate finance, Environment, Natural disasters

Keywords: Climate anomaly, Climate change, Climate change adaptation, Climate change mitigation, Climate finance, Climate resilience, Global, ME&CA country, Middle East, Middle East and Central Asia, Natural disasters, Novel climate risk profile

Publication Details

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110
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Departmental Paper No 2022/008
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ACCMECAEA
ISBN:

9781513591094
ISSN:

2616-5333

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