East Mediterranean especially at risk as world heats up, report warns
CYPRUS: The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are warming almost twice as fast as the global average, with temperatures projected to rise up to 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century if no action is taken to reverse the trend, a new report says.
The region will experience “unprecedented” heat waves, more severe and longer-lasting droughts and dust storms and rainfall shortages that will “compromise water and food security” for the region’s 400 million people, according to a summary of the report released on Tuesday.
![With 4 million people, Alexandria is Egypt’s second-largest city and also one of the Middle East’s cities most at risk from rising sea levels due to global warming. (Reuters)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2022/09/06/3428611-1484006239.jpg)