Algeria was not a significant contributor to climate change,[1] but like other countries in the Mena region, is expected to be on the front-lines of climate change impacts.[2] Because a large part of the country is in already hot and arid geographies, including part of the Sahara, already strong heat and water resource access challenges are expected to get worse.[1] As early as 2014, scientists were attributing extreme heat waves to climate change in Algeria.[1] Algeria was ranked 46th of countries in the 2020 Climate Change Performance Index.[3]