Climate change poses threat to Middle East

Reuters: Climate change poses a graver threat to the water-stressed Middle East than to many other parts of the world. [ID:nLDE6A6050] Here are some facts about climate change in the Middle East: * The region's emissions of greenhouse gases are less than 5 percent of the world's total. But emissions from the Middle East and North Africa surged 88 percent from 1990 to 2004, the third-largest rise in the world and more than three times the world average, with which they are now roughly in line. * Per......

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