Syria: Climate Change, Water And The Policy-Making Process In The Levant And North Africa (Full Text) | Ifi Region-Specific Study

Region-Specific Study | August 2009
Syria: Climate Change, Water and the Policy-Making Process in the Levant and North Africa (Full Text)Abdallah Droubi
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes (IPCC) is one of the most renowned publishers of internationally acclaimed research on global climate change. Its recent Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water (IPCC Working Group II, 2008) outlines some general statements that are relevant for the Middle East region – such as, “many semi-arid and arid areas (for example, the Mediterranean basin) are particularly exposed to the impacts of climate change and are projected to suffer a decrease of water resources due to climate change (high confidence)”.
Middle East being the world’s most water-stressed region, climate change – which is projected to cause sea-level rise, more extreme weather events such as droughts and floods, and less precipitation – will contribute to even greater water stress in the region