Fundamental environmental challenges in the Arab world : a socio-security perspective

Abstract EN

Climate change is a major threat that encompasses several serious environmental, economic, political, social, and security challenges for many countries, including those of the Arab world.

Due to some Arab countries’ economic and political instability, as well as the persistence of armed con flicts within their borders, these challenges are even more difficult to deal with.

This study examines these challenges and assesses the strategies that Arab countries can adopt in order to adapt to these changes, raising awareness of climate issues and highlighting the links between climate change and broader environmental, social, and security challenges.

This is the sort of interdisciplinary approach needed to understand the complex connections between climate change, environmental deterioration, and both social and security issues like poverty, armed con flict, and the creation of fragile humanitarian conditions.

These links are often understated in international reports and studies that apply a critical analysis methodology.