Climate Change and Water Scarcity in the Middle East: A Transitional Approach

This book considers what is needed for water, sanitation, and hygiene services (WASH) in the Middle East to adapt to the growing challenges of climate change.

Mariëlle Snel is a senior global humanitarian WASH advisor for Save the Children International at the regional Middle East/Eastern Europe office based in Amman, Jordan. She has over 25 years of WASH experience in designing, implementing, researching, and publishing around contemporary issues including the humanitarian-development-peace WASH nexus, conflict, COVID, and climate change over the humanitarian, transitional, and development divide.

Nikolas Sorensen is a humanitarian and development practitioner and researcher who has consulted with organizations like Save the Children US and Plan International. He has previously published works on the humanitarian-development-peace WASH nexus, specifically looking at the challenges of climate change, COVID-19, and conflict.

Reed Power is a humanitarian and development practitioner, most recently working as a senior program officer at World Vision International, based in Iraq. His experience has included a strong focus on WASH linked to climate change and the humanitarian-development-peace WASH nexus.