Impact of Climate Change on Arab Countries - (IPCC) - Working ...

ARAB ENVIRONMENT: CLIMATE CHANGE 7
dents in the Gulf oil producing countries think
that human activities are generally considered the
primary cause <strong>of</strong> climate change. While no major
variations show between genders and age groups,
a disparity was noted between different education
levels: while 92% <strong>of</strong> those with university education
thought that climate change was caused by
human activities, only 80% <strong>of</strong> those below university
level agreed.
FIGURE 7
100
80
60
40
I WILL DO WHAT I CAN TO REDUCE MY CONTRIBUTION
TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Total Sample
93
4- <strong>Climate</strong> change is a serious problem
for the country <strong>of</strong> my residence.
84% <strong>of</strong> the respondents thought that climate
change posed a real threat to their country <strong>of</strong> residence.
The highest percentage came from Arab
countries in Africa (88%) followed by Gulf countries
and the Levant (both 83%). The highest
portions <strong>of</strong> respondents who agreed were in
Tunisia (100%) and Morocco (94%), while the
lowest was in Syria (67%). The highest percentage
<strong>of</strong> those who said that climate change did not
pose a serious problem to their country was in
Syria (27% disagreed and 6% said they did not
know).
5- Do you think that climate change will
affect any one <strong>of</strong> the following sectors
20
0
3 4
Agree Disagree I don't know
in your country: Food, Health, Drinking
Water, Coastal areas, Forests, Tourism
Will not affect any sector No answer
Respondents were asked to choose from among
six sectors most likely to be affected by climate
change in their country. They could choose any
number <strong>of</strong> sectors. It is significant that zero percent
<strong>of</strong> participants answered that climate change
had no effect at all on their country. At the
regional level, health came on top with 78%, followed
by drinking water 72%, food 69%, coastal
FIGURE 8
MY GOVERNMENT IS ACTING WELL TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Palestine
K.S.A
UAE
Kuwait
Qatar
7
7
20
40
42
36
42
67
78
80
56
26
44
42
45
28
32
15
18
13
20
14
24
5
Oman
92
8
Bahrain
18
41
41
Egypt
Morocco
Tunis
Algeria
Sudan
Yem en
Other countries
Total Sam ple
20
28
33
36
31
33
30
43
14
38
55
50
36
80
51
58
50
31
17
17
21
19
8
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Agree Disagree I don't know