Making Adaptation Work: Addressing the Compounding Impacts of Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Conflict in the Near and Middle East--Summary for Policymakers
Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross
Date: 2023
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Conflict Prevention, Humanitarian Assistance
Countries: Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen
A new ICRC/Norwegian Red Cross policy brief "Making Adaptation Work" presents how the humanitarian consequences of environmental degradation and climate change are aggravated by armed conflict in the Near and Middle East, and which adaptation approaches are emerging to face the compounding impact using examples from Iraq, Syria and Yemen.