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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: Climate change and the Church
Description: Middle East/North Africa (MNN) – What happens when the desert gets even hotter?
The cause of climate change is controversial, but its impact means even the Middle East and North Africa are getting hotter. Fadi Sharaiha of MENA Leadership Center says that as temperatures rise and weather patterns change, ecosystems and cultures suffer.
Sharaiha says there are four different categories of culture affecting climate change in the Middle East and North Africa.
Water scarcity: “The Middle East is known as the most water-stressed region in the whole world,” Sharaiha says. Rising temperatures cause higher evapor...