Climate migration and its impact on sustainable development in the mountain and western coast regions

The research aims, through the descriptive and photographic approach, to study climate migration and its impact on sustainable development in the regions of the Mountain and the West Coast. It has reached a number of results that can be summarized in the following points: 1- Climate change is no longer of interest to specialists in meteorology and geography, and as a result of its global impacts, it has become a matter of interest for many applied, social, political, and economic sciences, etc. 2- Climate migration is one of the most important aspects of the twenty-first century, as a result of the world's exposure to climate changes resulting from rising temperatures and global warming, which in turn has led to desertification and drought, increased natural disasters, decreased agricultural and animal production, and increased health, social and economic risks, and has become a threat to sustainable development in the Western Mountain region. 3- The clear impact of climate change on the inhabitants of the Western Mountain, as desertification, drought, water shortages, harsh climate, and thoughts of migration and departure towards the West Coast have spread. 4- As a result of climate change and climate migration, agricultural lands that constitute the natural resources of the Western Mountain region have been exposed to erosion and desertification. Olive, almond and fig trees that depend on seasonal rains and have been widespread in the Western Mountain region for several decades have also been damaged and neglected, which in turn negatively affects food security. 5- As a result of climate migration from mountainous areas to the Western Coast regions, many residential subdivisions have emerged and agricultural lands have been divided into small subdivisions, which in turn negatively affects sustainable development and the rights of future generations. 6- As a result of climate migration from mountainous areas to the Western Coast regions and the spread of random residential areas without planning and the exploitation and depletion of groundwater resources, which in turn affects water security. 7- Most of the inhabitants of the Western Mountain practice rain-fed agriculture that depends on seasonal rains, as well as raising sheep and camels in open desert pastures, which in turn has been affected by climate change and the exposure of lands to drought, and climate migration from the mountain to the coast, which negatively affects the future of these two activities and the culture of future generations.