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RICCAR country fact sheets

ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/CL1.CCS/2026/RICCAR/Factsheets

Country: Arab region, People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, Kingdom of Bahrain, Union of the Comoros, Republic of Djibouti, Arab Republic of Egypt, Republic of Iraq, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, State of Kuwait, Lebanese Republic, State of Libya, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Kingdom of Morocco, Sultanate of Oman, State of Palestine, State of Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Federal Republic of Somalia, Republic of Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Republic of Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Republic of Yemen

Publication Type: Information material

Cluster: Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability

Focus Area: Climate change, Natural resource sustainability

Initiatives: RICCAR, Arab Centre for Climate Change Policies

SDGs: Goal 13: Climate Action

Keywords: Algeria, Arab countries, Bahrain, Climate change, Climate change adaptation, Comoros, Djibouti, Drought, Egypt, Heat, Humidity, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Policy making, Precipitation, Qatar, Risk assessment, Runoff, Saudi arabia, State of palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian arab republic, Temperature, Tunisia, United arab emirates, Weather forecasting, Weather maps, Wind, Yemen

RICCAR country fact sheets

September 2026

The Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Socio Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR) provides the first coordinated, region wide framework for understanding how climate change is reshaping the Arab countries. Within this framework, country fact sheets were developed, drawing on high resolution regional climate model ensembles. These fact sheets document clear historical warming, rising heat extremes and strong spatial contrasts in precipitation regimes across climates that span Mediterranean winter rainfall systems and Sea of Oman monsoon influences, to the region’s extensive hyper arid deserts.

Collectively, this series of fact sheets provides an evidence based foundation for policy coordination, climate risk assessment and adaptation planning across the 22 Arab States.  Country fact sheets are available for download in English and Arabic, and associated data files are available upon request to support policy research and analysis on climate change.

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