This book 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.

Climate change is having a much greater impact in the Mediterranean than the global average. In the Paris Climate Agreement, the UN member states pledged to stop global warming at well below two degrees, if possible at 1.5 degrees. This mark, which is expected elsewhere only for 2030 to 2050, has already been reached in the region. The situation could worsen in the coming years if the global community does not limit its emissions.

The above state of affairs illustrates the need for a better and more holistic understanding of how climate change affects countries in the Mediterranean region 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 the region, in order to replicate and even upscale the successful approaches used.

It is against this background that the book "Climate Change in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Region" has been produced. It contains papers prepared by scholars, practitioners, and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing climate change projects, and working across the region.

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Part 1- Climate Change Models and ImpactsChapter 1- Assessment of Future Climate Trend Based on Multi-RCMs Models and Its Impact on Groundwater Recharge of the Mediterranean Coastal Aquifer of Ghis-Nekkor (Morocco)

Hanane El Asri, Abdelkader Larabi, Mohamed Faouzi

Chapter 2- Species distribution based-modelling under climate change: the case of two native wild Olea europaea subspecies in Morocco, O. e. subsp. europaea var. sylvestris and O. e. subsp. maroccana

Jalal Kassout, Jean-Frédéric Terral, Abdeltif El Ouahrani, Mhammad Houssni, Sarah Ivorra, Khalil Kadaoui, Mohamed El Mahroussi, Laure Paradis, and Mohammed Ater

Chapter 3- The frequency of rare Cyclones in the Eastern Mediterranean and Northeastern Africa as a sign of climate change Using satellite Imagery, Climate data models and GIS-Based Analysis

Khaled Mohamed Madkour

Chapter 4- Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology in the Mediterranean Part of Slovenia

Mauro Hrvatin and Matija Zorn

Chapter 5- Climate change impacts and the role of forestry: Insights from the Mediterranean region

Veronika Andrea

Chapter 6- Energy Impacts on Climate Change: Issues, challenges and solutions with clean Conversion Technology

Uttara Das, Champa Nandi, Somudeep Bhattacharjee, Sarbani Mandal

Chapter 7-Montenegro and World: Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation

Mira sorovic

Chapter 8- Portrayals of Climate Change and Drought in the Politically Oriented Turkish Press: Socialist, Islamist, and Nationalist Accounts of Extreme Weather in 2007 and 2014

Mehmet Ali Üzelgün

Chapter 9- Climate changes and insolation in the Mediterranean basin: the case of Montenegro

Dragan Buric and Miroslav Doderovic

Chapter 10- The conservation challenge of traditional agroecosystems in Morocco: the case study of six oases agroecosystems

Mhammad Houssni, Jalal Kassout, Abdeltif El Ouahrani, Mohammed El Mahroussi, Vladimiro Boselli, Khalil Kadaoui, Abdelouahab Sahli, Mohamed Kadiri and Mohammed Ater

Part 2- Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Initiatives

Chapter 11- Enhancing the Resilience of Oasis Agrosystems to Climate Change in Morocco Jannate CHEHBOUNI, Latifa ELHADIOUI, Nour-Eddine BENAODA TLEMÇANI, Latifa DAADAOUI, Salma DAOUD and Cherif HARROUNI

Chapter 12- Climate Change and Agricultural production in Algeria

Mohammed Bouznit, Mohamed Elaguab, Mohammed Mostefa Selt, Mohammed Himrane, and Rachida Aïssaoui

Chapter 13- Ready for climate change? An assessment of measures adopted by 45 Mediterranean coastal cities to face climate change

Xira Ruiz-Campillo, Olga Gil and Cristina García Fernández

Chapter 14- Climate change or climate crisis? Investigating the views of forestry students on the causes, consequences and tools for the mitigation of climate change

Evangelia Karasmanaki, Georgios Tsantopoulos and Evangelos Manolas

Chapter 15- Development of a water security index incorporating future challenges

Deniz Marangoz, Irem Daloglu

Chapter 16- An Approach to Adapting Urban Drainage Design to Climate Change: Case of Northern Morocco

Mohammed Moujahid, Laila Stour and Ali Agoumi

Chapter 17- Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Water Development Plans: Case of Morocco

Laila OUALKACHA, Laila STOUR, Ali AGOUMI

Chapter 18- Consumption patterns and public attitudes toward organic foods: the role of climate change awareness

Elena Raptou and Evangelos Manolas

Chapter 19- Climate Change in Lebanon and the Impact to Water Resources

Jalal HALWANI, Bouchra HALWANI

Chapter 20- Enhancing urban microclimates towards climate-resilient cities: the potential of courtyards

Carmen Galán-Marín, Carlos Rivera-Gómez, Jesus Lizana, Jorge Roa-Fernández, Eduardo Diz-Mellado, and Victoria López-Cabeza

Chapter 21- Sustainable land management for rural adaptation in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern watersheds

Itxaso Ruiz and María José Sanz

Chapter 22- Climate Change Impacts on North Africa: Public Health Perspectives

Rehab A. Rayan, Mohamed Kamal, Christos Tsagkaris, Loyle Campbell

Chapter 23- Exploring the beliefs, concerns and understandings about climate change of Greek University students from the Social Sciences and Humanities

Maria Daskolia

Chapter 24- Hydrological impacts of projected climate change on Northern Tunisian headwater catchments - an ensemble approach addressing uncertainties

Hamouda Dakhlaoui, Kirsti Hakala, and Jan Seibert

Chapter 25- Addressing Climate Change in the Mediterranean Basin: Some thoughts for the future

Walter Leal Filho and Evangelos Manolas