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From the Mediterranean to the Gulf, climate change heats up Middle East

Snowfall in the middle of the desert, sandstorms, extreme heat, prolonged drought, uncontrolled rainfall: severe weather is increasingly affecting the Middle East. As the COP27 climate conference is underway in Sharm el-Sheikh, we are shedding light on climate issues facing the region.

From the Mediterranean to the Gulf, climate change heats up Middle East

Children sit on a boat in southern Iraq's dry marshes, in Dhi Qar governorate, July 24, 2022. (Credit: Asaad Niazi/AFP)

Dried-up, polluted rivers in regions once referred to as cradles of millennia-old civilizations; agricultural lands devastated by the lack of rainfall; rural populations displaced to the outskirts of metropolises now subject to extreme heat waves,...
Dried-up, polluted rivers in regions once referred to as cradles of millennia-old civilizations; agricultural lands devastated by the lack of rainfall; rural populations displaced to the outskirts of metropolises now subject to extreme heat waves,...