US EditionNew Report Warns of Critical Climate Risks in Arab Region
The 2024 heatwave caused record temperatures above 50°C, worsening droughts, floods, and dust storms, with 83% more disasters reported in Arab countries since 2000, WMO said.
- On Thursday, the World Meteorological Organization reported 2024 was the hottest year on record for the 22 Arab region countries, affecting about 480 million people with intensifying heat.
- WMO data show temperatures in the Arab region rise twice the global average, with six consecutive failed rainy seasons worsening drought in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
- Human impacts are mounting, with climate extremes killing at least 300 people in 2024 and Egypt's Nile Delta sinking, putting about 40 million residents at risk.
- WMO warned that without stronger adaptation, pressures on energy, transport and public health systems will intensify despite nearly 60 per cent of Arab countries having early warning systems.
- The report notes the region includes 15 of the world's most arid countries, highlighting an adaptation gap despite investments, while ESCWA models project up to 5 degrees Celsius rise by century's end.
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New Report Warns of Critical Climate Risks in Arab Region
Foundations of daily life, including farms, reservoirs and aquifers that feed and sustain millions, are being pushed to the brink by human-caused warming.By Bob BerwynAs global warming accelerates, about 480 million people in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula face intensifying and in some places unsurvivable heat, as well as drought, famine and the risk of mass displacement, the World Meteorological Organization warned Thursday.
Photo: Unsplash/Ali Guddam UN climate experts warned Thursday that the Arab region is warming to almost double the world average, after 2024 recorded unprecedented heat, destructive storms and an increasing water shortage that affected some of the world's most vulnerable communities. Geneva, Switzerland.- The first report on the State of Climate in the Arab Region of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) paints a bleak picture of a region …
The Middle East and North Africa have recorded the hottest year of history in 2024, after the temperatures in these regions increased twice as quickly as the global average of the last decade.
Arab region pushed to the limit by climate extremes as 2024 breaks heat records
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) First of all Report on the state of climate in the Arab region paints a grim picture of a region under constant pressure from rising temperatures and increasingly extreme weather conditions. The UN agency noted that “a number of countries [in the Arab region] reported temperatures above 50°C (122°F) last […]
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