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Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict pp 719–794Cite as

Policy Responses to Climate Change in the Mediterranean and MENA Region during the Anthropocene

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According to the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007, 2007a), the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) or the West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region2 will be severely affected by the physical effects of climate change such as i) high temperature increases, ii) significant decline in precipitation, and iii) projected sealevel rise, especially in the Nile delta and the low-lying coastal regions with high population density.

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Brauch, H.G. (2012). Policy Responses to Climate Change in the Mediterranean and MENA Region during the Anthropocene. In: Scheffran, J., Brzoska, M., Brauch, H., Link, P., Schilling, J. (eds) Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28626-1_37

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