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Podcast: Middle East Dossier
Episode: ME101 Lecture #08: The Challenge Beyond Economics | Climate Change in a Desert
Description: ME101 Lecture #08: The Challenge Beyond Economics | Climate Change in a Desert by Aisha Al-Sarihi [Thursday, 08 October 2020]
Climate scientists show us that ‘warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia’: the atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amount of snow and ice have diminished, the sea level has risen, and extreme weather events have become more frequent than before.
The Gulf Arab states – characterised by a fragile desert environment and high reliance on oil export revenues as a main source of income – are partic...