15th November 2010 - Climate change threat to the Arab world

Arab News remarks that the Arab world is particularly vulnerable to climate change and is already suffering some of its malign effects. "Dust storms scour Iraq. Freak floods wreak havoc in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Rising sea levels erode Egypt’s coast. Hotter, drier weather worsens water scarcity in the Middle East, already the world’s most water-short region."
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