
Sea level rise is a big risk, according to the report, “since the bulk of the Arab region’s economic activity, agriculture and population centers are in the coastal zone.” Beirut, as one of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s coastal economic hubs, would suffer financially as infrastructure struggled to cope with rising tides and an increase of severe weather conditions, such as storms and flooding.
The report, unveiled in Beirut on Thursday, compiled data from scientific institutions across the world and concluded that a 1 meter rise in global sea levels would impact on 3.2 percent of the Arab population, compared to 1.3 percent worldwide.
Such extreme meteorological events would cost the MENA region additional losses of $12.7 billion, according to the report. It added that not enough was being done by regional governments to tackle the threats posed by sea level rise and pollution….
Sunset near Beirut, shot by Bertilvidet, Wikimedia Commons, under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License
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