Climate Change and the Global Sustainable Development Goals

About the book:The book aims is to study the impact of climate change on achieving some of the global Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030 (SDGs). It provides an explanation of the nature of climate change, its causes, and its significant manifestations observed in the past few decades, in Egypt, the African continent, developing countries, developed countries, and their future expectations. The most significant socio-economic impacts of climate change on water availability, food production, land resources, infrastructure, and the environment are presented. More specifically, the book provides a discussion of the impact of climate change on achieving the goals of eradicating hunger and extreme poverty, access to quality education, health and well-being, women's empowerment, and gender equality. In view of the growing impact of climate change on increasing the phenomenon of migration, asylum, and displacement worldwide, a detailed debate on the issue is included. Lastly, the foundations of building policies and programs aiming to mitigate and adapt to the impact of climate change are summarized.

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Le professeur Khaled Hassan est un expert international en économie et en démographie. Il est titulaire d'un doctorat en économie. Il est le vice-président de la Société égyptienne pour les études sur la migration. Auparavant, il était conseiller démographique au PNUD-Koweït. Il est l'auteur de nombreuses publications dans les domaines de la population et du développement, de la main-d'uvre et des migrations, ainsi que du changement climatique.