Geography Seeing the big picture CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN PALESTINE Climate change impacts in Palestine Geographical dimension of climate change Land use and population in Palestine Climate change impacts in the Mediterranean Sea region Online information sources Palestine Museum of Natural History: https://www.palestinenature.org, Environment Quality Authority of Palestine: http://environment.pna.ps Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc.ch, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: https://unfccc.int/ Selected publications National Adaptation Plan to Climate Change in Palestine (2016). Environment Quality Authority Initial National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2016). Environment Quality Authority Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Programme of Action for the Palestinian Authority (2010). UNDP and Environment Quality Authority Atlas of Palestine (2015). The Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ) State of the Environment in Palestine (2016). The Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ) Analysis of the climatic variability and its environmental impacts across Palestine (2012). The Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ) State of Palestine. Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2015) CREDITS & SOURCES Mediterranean weather influences conditions in Palestine. Climate models project that coastal areas of the Mediterranean are likely to get hot- ter and drier in the future. The Nile River delta in Egypt is a global climate hotspot where sea level rise and warming temperatures threaten agricultural lands and a large number of people. Geographic and socioeconomic isolation also threaten the people, environment and agricul- ture of Palestine. The effective mitigation of and adaptation to climate change depend on more efficient energy and water use, improved spatial planning and reduced territorial and ecological fragmentation. State of Palestine Environment Quality Authority
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GeographySeeing the big picture
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN PALESTINE
Climate change impacts in Palestine
Geographical dimension of climate change
Land use and population in PalestineClimate change impacts in the Mediterranean Sea region
Online information sourcesPalestine Museum of Natural History: https://www.palestinenature.org, Environment Quality Authority of Palestine: http://environment.pna.psIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: http://www.ipcc.ch, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: https://unfccc.int/
Selected publicationsNational Adaptation Plan to Climate Change in Palestine (2016). Environment Quality Authority Initial National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2016). Environment Quality Authority Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Programme of Action for the Palestinian Authority (2010). UNDP and Environment Quality AuthorityAtlas of Palestine (2015). The Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ)State of the Environment in Palestine (2016). The Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ)Analysis of the climatic variability and its environmental impacts across Palestine (2012). The Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ)State of Palestine. Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2015)
CREDITS & SOURCESMediterranean weather influences conditions in Palestine. Climate models project that coastal areas of the Mediterranean are likely to get hot-ter and drier in the future. The Nile River delta in Egypt is a global climate hotspot where sea level rise and warming temperatures threaten agricultural lands and a large number of people.
Geographic and socioeconomic isolation also threaten the people, environment and agricul-ture of Palestine. The effective mitigation of and adaptation to climate change depend on more efficient energy and water use, improved spatial planning and reduced territorial and ecological fragmentation.
State of PalestineEnvironment Quality Authority
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