Climate Change and Food Security in West Asia and North Africa

Part I. Climate Change in West Asia and North Africa

1. Climate Change in the West Asia and North Africa Region
Mannava V. K. Sivakumar, Alex C. Ruane, Jose Camacho

2. Implications of Climate Change for Agriculture and Food Security in the Western Asia and Northern Africa Region
Ramasamy Selvaraju

Part II. Climate Change and Environment

3. Climate Change and Soil Quality in the WANA Region
Rattan Lal

4. Conserving Green and Blue Water in the WANA Region
Hamed Daly-Hassen, Yves Birot, Carlos Gracia, Marc Palahi

5. Climate Change and Land Use in the WANA Region with a Specific Reference to Morocco
Mostafa Ibrahim, Rattan Lal

6. Responses of Insect Pests to Climate Change: Effects and Interactions of Temperature, CO2, and Soil Quality
Vanessa L. Muilenburg, Daniel A. Herms

7. Climate Change and Locusts in the WANA Region
Keith Cressman

Part III. Climate Change and Food Security: Perspectives from WANA Sub-Regions

8. Climate Change Impact on WANA: Key Researchable Issues and Proposed Measures
Ibrahim Hamdan, Susanna Smets

9. Climate Variability and Change in North African Countries
F. Driouech, S. Ben Rached, T. El Hairech

10. Climate Change in Drylands of the Eastern Mediterranean: From Assessment Methods to Adaptation Strategies
E. Pauw, W. Göbel

11. Climate Change and Food Security in the Nile Valley and Red Sea
Ayman F. Abou Hadid

12. Food Security and Climate Change in West Asia
Ibrahim Ortas, Rattan Lal

Part IV. Mitigation and Adaptation Options for Different Agroeconomic Sectors in WANA

13. Mitigation and Adaptation Options for Rainfed Agriculture in West Asia and North Africa
Awni Taimeh

14. Mitigation and Adaptation Options of Climate Change in Irrigated Agriculture in Arab Countries
Dia El-Din El Quosy

15. Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Options for the Livestock Sector in the Near East and North Africa
Markos Tibbo, Jeannette Steeg

16. Afforestation Potential in the WANA Region to Sequester Carbon and Improve Soil Quality
Roger A. Williams

Part V. Policy, Financial, Institutional and Cooperation Issues

17. Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change into the Development Agenda
Nasri Haddad, Kamel Shideed

18. Possible Financial Innovations and Market Mechanisms at the National Level to Cope with Climate Change in WANA Region
S. V. R. K. Prabhakar

19. Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the Arab World: A Summary of Case Studies from Syria, Tunisia and Yemen
Clemens Breisinger, Perrihan Al-Riffai, Manfred Wiebelt

20. Human Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation: Factors that Influence Behaviors
Eric Toman, Richard Moore

Part VI. Regional Agricultural Adaptation and Mitigation Framework for Climate Change in WANA

21. Regional Framework for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the WANA Region
Ghassan Hamdallah

22. Adaptation Strategies for Different Sectors in the WANA Region: Summary of Breakout Group Discussions
Mannava V. K. Sivakumar, Faisal Awawdeh, Nasri Haddad, Ibrahim Hamdan, Mark Holderness, Rattan Lal, Ibrahim Ortas, Ramasamy Selvaraju

Part VII. Conference Declaration

23. International Conference on Adaptation to Climate Change and Food Security in West Asia and North Africa
Mannava V. K. Sivakumar, Rattan Lal, Ramasamy Selvaraju, Ibrahim Hamdan

Avainsanat: Life Sciences, Agriculture, Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change, Soil Science & Conservation, Sustainable Development