A "suicide operation" and areas threatened with disappearance... What is the world doing with the climate?

Most Arab countries from the ocean to the Gulf suffer from the repercussions of climate change. The Arab region, which faces many political, social and economic crises, is also the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

Arab countries are going through a cycle of droughts, floods and unprecedented heat waves.

Over the past three decades, this region has seen temperatures rise much faster than the global average, according to the United Nations, and droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe in the coming years.

And the effects of climate change have become tangible all over the world, which is witnessing many cases of torrential rains and floods, to heat waves and forest fires, and with the exacerbation of global warming and industrial emissions, international organizations have warned of the dangerous repercussions of climate change and stressed the vital need to develop mechanisms to adapt to this new situation.

In analyzing the repercussions of climate change, island states are threatened with disappearance due to the melting of ice, as sea and ocean levels have risen, which threatens the encroachment of water over many areas that may disappear in 2050, according to what was stated by Professor of Environmental Legislation and Sustainable Development Dr. Zain El-Abidine Al-Husseini to the Program scenarios.

It is necessary to unite efforts, as stipulated by the 21st Conference of the Parties in Paris, in order to reduce the global temperature, which is rising in a terrifying and frightening manner that cannot be tolerated, as it may make the earth move towards a "suicidal operation".

What do countries do?

As for the secondary effects of climate change, they intersect with social aspects, and their impact on the field of agriculture, tourism and food security is possible, and therefore the Arab region will need energy resources in a way that greatly affects its economies, according to Karim El-Gendy, an expert in environment and climate affairs at the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Chatham House.

The secondary effects on the countries of the region will appear faster than the primary repercussions of climate change, and it has been stressed that it may exacerbate social tension in light of the economic problems and the high unemployment rate in the region.

As for the solutions that must be adhered to, it is necessary for countries to seek to reduce emissions from the countries of the world, and for countries to build dams, barriers and necessary measures to repel sea water so as not to affect the areas overlooking the sea in the event of a rise in water levels, according to what the Secretary-General of the Forum said. The Arab for Environment and Development and Editor-in-Chief of Environment and Development magazine, Najib Saab.

It is noteworthy that, days before the start of the climate conference (COP 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the environmental organization Greenpeace warned, in a report issued earlier this month, of the negative effects of climate change on the Middle East and North Africa region.

In addition to this report, other scientific studies expect that the situation in this region will worsen, due to the absence of joint cooperation between its countries to search for solutions to these challenges.

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Under the heading "On the brink of the abyss", Greenpeace said that the Middle East and North Africa region is witnessing a warming of nearly twice the global average, which exposes it to be greatly affected by climate change.

The report states that millions of people in the region will face water scarcity, heat waves, floods and other negative effects of climate change.

The report also identified 6 countries, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, which it said will suffer from a great risk of water scarcity, which will negatively affect agriculture.

According to the report, the region depends on food imports, "which could be affected if drought and water scarcity affect crops in the coming decades."

He noted that by the end of the century, 80 percent of the densely populated cities in the Middle East and North Africa region are likely to experience extreme heat waves.

And with high emissions in some locations in the Middle East and the Gulf region, maximum temperatures during future extreme heat waves could exceed 56 degrees Celsius, according to the report.

And a tweet by the environmental organization Greenpeace came as a warning to the countries of the entire world, as it wrote: “World leaders must realize that the climate crisis is a human rights crisis, and that protecting these rights begins with supporting the poor communities and countries that are already bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, by obliging the countries most He got rich by paying the bill for the losses and damages that he caused over many decades.”