The ESCWA region is marked by its tendency towards desertification along with scarcity and uneven distribution of water resources and the existence of substantial, but unequally distributed, fossil and renewable energy reserves.
西亚经社会区域有强烈的沙漠化倾象，水资源稀少且分布不均，存在大量但分布不均的矿物和可再生能源。