ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/CL1.CCS/2023/RICCAR/TECHNICAL REPORT.18
Country: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Publication Type: Reports & studies
Cluster: Climate Change and Natural Resource Sustainability
Focus Area: Climate change, Natural resource sustainability
Initiatives: RICCAR
SDGs: Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, Goal 13: Climate Action
Keywords: Saudi arabia, Climate change, Risk, Water resources, Natural resources, Socio-economic indicators, Temperature, Precipitation, Storms, Groundwater, Technical cooperation
Regional climate modelling outputs for Saudi Arabia: Key findings
April 2023
This report provides a summary of mid and end-century climate change projections for Saudi Arabia. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR) both conclude that parts of Saudi Arabia will experience increased climate risks over the coming decades. These risks include temperature increases, precipitation variability and extremes (droughts and floods), and an increase in strong wind days that could contribute to sand and dust storms.
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This report provides a summary of mid and end-century climate change projections for Saudi Arabia. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region (RICCAR) both conclude that parts of Saudi Arabia will experience increased climate risks over the coming decades. These risks include temperature increases, precipitation variability and extremes (droughts and floods), and an increase in strong wind days that could contribute to sand and dust storms.
