Urban Resilience and Climate Change in the MENA Region
Nuha Eltinay, "Urban Resilience and Climate Change in the MENA Region "
English | ISBN: 1032425423 | 2024 | 118 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 4 MB
English | ISBN: 1032425423 | 2024 | 118 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 4 MB
This book provides an overview of the geopolitical context and climate change risk profile of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region.
Mapping existing scientific literature and key reports on MENA climate change impacts and future projections, Nuha Eltinay and Charles Egbu establish links between the Conference of the Parties (from COP26, COP27 to COP28) Glasgow–Sharm el-Sheikh Work Program for Progress on the Global Goal on Adaptation, and regional climate adaptation financing targets, national government investments, and human security in local case studies. They also address gaps in disaster risk reduction institutional governance for sustainable development in the region. The authors move beyond the existing theoretical understanding of urban resilience to investigate how it is being measured and assessed in MENA in alignment with the IPCC’s climate change adaptation indicators. Finally, they explore how disasters and conflict displacement vulnerabilities and fragility affecting the communities most in need are being measured and integrated into cities’ resilience action plans and national disaster risk policies.
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