Climate risk profile: Yemen

This profile provides an overview of climate risk issues in Yemen, including how climate change will potentially impact agricultural production, water resources, human health and coastal zones. The brief includes an overview of Yemen, the climate and projected changes. Also included is information on sector impacts and vulnerabilities to climate change, the policy context and information regarding ongoing climate change projects in Yemen.

As the poorest and most water-insecure country in the Middle East and North African region, Yemen faces serious risks from climate change. More than half of Yemen’s population live on incomes below the poverty line, and the mostly rural population continues to grow rapidly. Ongoing conflict and a lack of adequate environmental management policies (among other factors) position Yemen at a great disadvantage in facing future impacts of climate change.