This paper reviews the national environmental agenda of Arab countries in the Middle East and Africa in an attempt to determine coherence of local efforts with the international environmental commitments these countries have made by signing and ratifying the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework and Convention on Climate Change. The paper succinctly summarizes the impacts of climate change on the countries of the region and the responses of individual countries to the eminent environmental threats. Using country specific data, the paper identifies the mitigation and adaptation measures that individual governments communicated in their initial Nationally Determined Contributions to combat climate change and support concomitantly the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals pertinent to climate impacts. Furthermore, this paper evaluates the overall environmental commitment and performance of the Arab countries and compares them to the average global performance. The findings indicate that most of the Arab countries are heading toward severe water shortages due to deteriorating water supply and growing water demand. The paper concludes that the Arab countries, individually and collectively embrace the Paris Agreement and engage in necessary measures to combat and/or adapt to climate change. Furthermore, the paper presents supporting evidence to show that the Arab countries are at par with the rest of the world when dealing with climate change issues.

本文回顾了中东和非洲阿拉伯国家的国家环境议程，以期通过签署和批准《联合国气候变化框架公约》和《巴黎协定》，确定当地努力与这些国家所作的国际环境承诺的一致性。更改。该文件简要总结了气候变化对本区域国家的影响以及个别国家对重大环境威胁的反应。本文利用特定国家的数据，确定了各国政府在其最初的国家自主贡献中传达的缓解和适应措施，以应对气候变化并相应支持与气候影响有关的联合国可持续发展目标的实现。此外，本文评估了阿拉伯国家的总体环境承诺和绩效，并将其与全球平均绩效进行了比较。调查结果表明，大多数阿拉伯国家由于供水恶化和需水量增加而正面临严重的水短缺。本文的结论是，阿拉伯国家单独或集体地接受《巴黎协定》，并采取必要的措施来应对和/或适应气候变化。此外，本文提供了支持性证据，表明阿拉伯国家在应对气候变化问题时与世界其他国家处于同等水平。调查结果表明，大多数阿拉伯国家由于供水恶化和需水量增加而正面临严重的水短缺。本文的结论是，阿拉伯国家单独或集体地接受《巴黎协定》，并采取必要的措施来应对和/或适应气候变化。此外，本文提供了支持性证据，表明阿拉伯国家在应对气候变化问题时与世界其他国家处于同等水平。调查结果表明，大多数阿拉伯国家由于供水恶化和需水量增加而正面临严重的水短缺。本文的结论是，阿拉伯国家单独或集体地接受《巴黎协定》，并采取必要的措施来应对和/或适应气候变化。此外，本文提供了支持性证据，表明阿拉伯国家在应对气候变化问题时与世界其他国家处于同等水平。