Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies
Poverty and Climate Change in South and East of Mediterranean , Causes, Consequences et Perspectives
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2023
Abstract
According to the IPCC AR6 report, The global temperature over the past 10 years has warmed 11 degrees more than during the pre-industrial era (1850-1900). Greenhouse gas concentrations were higher in 2019. Climate change is rapid, intensifying, and affecting all regions of the world. If emissions of CO2, methane and other greenhouse gases are not reduced, the goal of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees will be out of reach. The ice caps continue to melt, and the sea level continues to rise. The negative effects of climate change are an intensification of extreme events such as tropical cyclones, sea level rise, heavy precipitation or drought and heat waves. These effects have an impact on nature and biodiversity through the loss of mountaintop ecosystems, tropical coral reefs and coastal wetlands, but also on the lives of certain populations: between 3.3 and 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable, particularly in Africa, South Asia, Central/South America, the Arctic and on small islands. These negative effects create alarming risks: a lack of water and food that raises the question of food security; increased poverty; environmental migration and the extinction of certain species which, in the warmest countries, is multiplied by 10 when global warming increases from 1.5 to 3 degrees.
Journal Title
Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies
ISSN
2334-282X
Publisher
Middle East Economic Association and Loyola University Chicago
Volume
25
Issue
2
Recommended Citation
Safa, Alain; Hilmi, Nathalie; Dalmasso, David; and Shehabi, Manal, "Poverty and Climate Change in South and East of Mediterranean , Causes, Consequences et Perspectives". Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies, electronic journal, 25, 2, Middle East Economic Association and Loyola University Chicago, 2023, http://www.luc.edu/orgs/meea/
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