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China unintentionally played a role in the Arab Spring due to the effects of a winter wheat crop failure and a massive Chinese drought that occurred in January 2011. This massive drought led the Chinese to buy wheat on the international market, henceforth doubling prices and leading to civil unrest in Egypt – the world’s largest wheat importer.
In Tunisia, due to tourism coming to a halt and other factors during the revolution and Arab Spring movement, the budget deficit has grown and unemployment has risen since 2011. [350] According to the World Bank in 2016, "Unemployment remains at 15.3% from 16.7% in 2011, but still well above the pre-revolution level of 13%."
The 2018–2024 Arab protests, referred to by some sources as the Second Arab Spring, were a series of ongoing anti-government protests which began in several Arab world countries in 2018. [1] [2] In Iraq, the deadliest incident of civil unrest since the fall of Saddam Hussein resulted in its Prime Minister being replaced.
The UK is also a contributor to climate change, having emitted more greenhouse gas per person than the world average. Climate change is having economic impacts on the UK and presents risks to human health and ecosystems. [2] The government has committed to reducing emissions by 50% of 1990 levels by 2025 and to net zero by 2050.
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Between 2007 and 2010, Syria experienced its worst drought on instrumental record, made more likely by climate change. [4] [5] It has been proposed that the drought caused the collapse of agriculture in Syria and contributed to increased migration and contributed to the escalation of violence in 2011, although more recent analyses in Political Geography and Nature have challenged this narrative.
By Jake Spring. SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Forests and other land ecosystems failed to curb climate change in 2023 as intense drought in the Amazon rainforest and record wildfires in Canada hampered ...
"The Arab Revolution collected news and commentary". Der Spiegel. The Middle East in Revolt collected news and commentary at Time; Other. Interface journal special issue on the Arab Spring, Interface: A Journal for and about Social Movements, May 2012 "The Shoe Thrower's index (An index of unrest in the Arab world)". The Economist. 9 February 2011.