Perceptions of Climate Change, Weather Shocks, and Impacts on Households in the MENA region

Franck Adoho and Quentin Wodon

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Abstract: What are the perceptions of households in the Middle East and North Africa Region regarding changes in the climate of the areas where they live? To what extent are households affected by extreme weather events such as droughts or floods? And who tends to suffer the most from such events when they occur? This chapter suggests answers to these questions on the basis of new household survey data collected in 2011 in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Syria, and Yemen. The household surveys were implemented in two climate affected areas in each country. Overall, households in these areas do perceive important changes in the climate, for example with droughts becoming more frequent. While many households declare being affected by extreme weather events, with resulting losses in income, crops, livestock, or fish catchment, this is especially the case of the poor who appear to suffer the most from extreme weather events.

Keywords: Climate Change; Weather Shocks; Impact on households; Middle East and North Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-06
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