dc.contributor.author	Summers Barbara
dc.contributor.author	Greenwalt Julie
dc.contributor.author	Abdo Nabil
dc.date.accessioned	2025-06-23T15:42:41Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-23T15:42:41Z
dc.date.issued	2025-07-17
dc.identifier.isbn	10.21201/2025.000073
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10546/621718
dc.description	<html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>The Middle East and North Africa is one of the regions that will be affected the most by climate change, extreme weather events, exacerbating the chronic water scarcity that it suffers from and current dependency on fossil fuels. Climate change impacts are already witnessed in many countries, especially those experiencing conflicts. At the same time the decades-long austerity policies in the region are not only fuelling inequalities but also make it virtually impossible for the countries in the region to spend on climate. The climate threats driven by the richest people, corporations, and rentier economies are existential to the region. Meanwhile, people living in poverty, marginalized communities vulnerable to climate change and those living in conflict-settings are the ones impacted the hardest. Women and girls, refugees and other groups experiencing discrimination, are particularly at disadvantage to current austerity policies and the consequences of climate change. The consequences are felt in all parts of the region and by most people, yet only the richest people have the wealth and the power and influence to adapt from the consequences of climate breakdown. Austerity policies are exacerbating the climate crisis, and the only way to address the climate breakdown is through taxing the wealthy and their polluting consumptions and massively invest in public services and climate mitigation, adaptation and transition.</p> </body> </html>	en_US
dc.format.extent	39	en_US
dc.language.iso	English	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxfam in MENA	en_US
dc.relation.url	http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/not-everyone-is-in-the-same-boat-climate-and-inequality-in-the-middle-east-and-621718
dc.subject	Climate change	en_US
dc.subject	Conflict and disasters	en_US
dc.subject	Economics	en_US
dc.subject	Inequality	en_US
dc.title	Not Everyone Is in the Same Boat: Climate and inequality in the Middle East and North Africa	en_US
dc.type	Briefing paper	en_US
oxfam.signoff.status	For public use. Can be shared outside Oxfam	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Algeria	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Egypt	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Iraq	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Jordan	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Kuwait	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Lebanon	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Morocco	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Oman	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Occupied Palestinian Territory	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Qatar	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Saudi Arabia	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Sudan	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Syrian Arab Republic	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Tunisia	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	United Arab Emirates	en_US
oxfam.subject.country	Yemen	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Middle East and North Africa	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Austerity	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Billionaires	en_US
oxfam.subject.keyword	Rich	en_US

Not Everyone Is in the Same Boat: Climate and inequality in the Middle East and North Africa

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