NEW BOOK PUBLICATION Climate Change in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Region

JUST PUBLISHED! Ready for Climate Change? An Assessment of Measures Adopted by 45 Mediterranean Coastal Cities to Face Climate Change, with Xira Ruiz-Campillo and Cristina García Fernández (UCM)

Access recall to the chapter abstract here 

There is a need for a better and more holistic understanding of how climate change affects countries in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East on the one hand, but also on the many problems it faces on the other, which prevent adaptation efforts. There is also a perceived need to showcase successful examples of how to duly address and manage the many social, economic and political problems posed by climate change in these regions, in order to replicate and even upscale the successful approaches used. It is against this background that the just published #book Climate Change in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Regions has been produced. Editors Walter Leal Filho and Evangelos Manolas invited us to contribute with: An Assessment of Measures Adopted by 45 Mediterranean Coastal Cities to Face Climate Change, a collaborative work with professors Xira Ruiz, Cristina García Fernández and myself.

In an all impressive editing work of 527 pages, Walter Leal Filho and Evangelos Manolas address Climate Change in the Mediterranean Basin, including Thoughts for the Future (pag. 521). The book contains works prepared by scholars, practitioners and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing climate change projects, and working across the region. It serves the purpose of showcasing some of the works in respect of #applied research, #field #projects and best practice to foster climate change #adaptation across the region. The book also showcases shortcomings that should be addressed. 

This book is structured in two main parts:

1) Climate Change Models and Impacts

2) Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Initiatives

Let me showcase some incredible works included on it 

Just cherry picking some (do check the index!):

- The chapter: Energy Impacts on Climate Change: Issues, Challenges

and Solutions with Clean Conversion Technology, written by @UttaraDas, @ChampaNandi, Somudeep Bhattacharjee, and Sarbani Mandal.

- The chapter: Development of a Water Security Index Incorporating Future Challenges, by @DenizMarangoz and Irem Daloglu Cetinkaya

The chapter: An Approach to Adapting Urban Drainage Design to Climate Change: Case of Northern Morocco, via @MohammedMoujahid, Laila STOUR, and Ali Agoumi

- The work: Enhancing Urban Microclimates Towards Climate-Resilient Cities: The Potential of Courtyards, via @CarmenGalán, @CarlosRivera, Jesús Lizana, @JorgeRoa, @EduardoDiz, and @VictoriaLópez

- The chapter: Sustainable Land Management for Rural Adaptation in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Watersheds, by @ItxasoRuiz and María José Sanz

- The chapter --so relevant!, Climate Change Impacts on North Africa: Public Health Perspectives, by @RehabRayan,@MohamedKamal, @ChristosTsagkaris, and @LoyleCampbell.

Access recall to the abstract of the chapters in the book  here