Strengthen the resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change

Abstract

The Middle East, as many regions in the world, is expected to be susceptible to a number of environmental pollution risks and highly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. Thus; to protect the communities and ecosystems climate change adaptation measures have been viewed increasingly. These measures are based on multidisciplinary approaches and tools to enhance the resilience of economy and infrastructure, and to promote doable alternatives; e.g. the National Adaptation Plans (NAPs). Because Resilience and climate adaptation measures can yield positive co-benefits for sustainable development, the aim of this paper is to shed the light on the following measures; fuel decarbonization, sustainable consumption and production, protecting the ecosystems, reducing pollution, sound waste management, and scientific research.