Why Delaying Climate Investment Today Will Cost the MENA Region Far More Tomorrow
Climate change is no longer a distant or abstract risk. Across the Middle East and North Africa, its costs are already visible in mounting heat stress, water scarcity, food system pressures, infrastructure damage, and rising economic vulnerability. These impacts are not projections for the end of the century; they are current realities shaping development trajectories, public budgets, and social stability. The central question facing policymakers is therefore no longer whether climate change will be costly, but whether societies choose to pay through strategic investment today or through escalating losses tomorrow. Scientific and economic evidence converges on a clear conclusion : … Continue reading