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Climate change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) refers to changes in the climate of the MENA region and the subsequent response, adaption and mitigation strategies of countries in the region. In 2018, the MENA region emitted 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and produced 8.7% of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) [34] despite ...
South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (ZPCAS or ZOPACAS): group of nations along the Atlantic coasts of Sub-Saharan Africa and South America, formed with a special focus on opposing nuclear proliferation in the region; SSA: Sub-Saharan Africa; SWANA: Southwest Asia-North Africa, used as an alternative term for the wider Middle East.
Middle East and the Maghreb (19 members) Africa (43 members) Central Asia and the Indian Ocean (17 members) East Asia and Oceania (25 members) America (35 members) This proposal would create a homogenous Middle Eastern group, as well as meet the demands of South Pacific states who have called for their own region. [5]
Map of the Middle East between North Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and Southern Asia Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) [note 1] is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
The region is nevertheless diverse in many ways, and economically includes some of the wealthiest as well as poorest populations. [21] The region mostly corresponds with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) definition. In post-classical history, the Arab world was synonymous with the historic Arab empires and caliphates. [22]
He alluded to the Greater Middle East as the "Global Balkans", and as a control lever on an area he refers to as Eurasia. [13] [page needed] According to Andrew Bacevich's 2016 book America's War for the Greater Middle East, this region is the theater for a series of conflicts dating back to 1980, which heralded the start of the Iran–Iraq War.
English: The MENA (Middle East and North Africa) or WANA (West Asia and North Africa) region according to 13 definitions: 7 from United Nations agencies/programmes, 3 from agricultural organisations, 2 from demographics research institutes, 1 from historians. Dark blue countries/territories are included in more than 66% of definitions, skyblues ...
The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1] It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification . [ 2 ]