The Middle East, covering almost 7.3 million km² and with an estimated
population of more than 500 million, is one of the world’s key regions. Yet it is also fraught with challenges. In addition to the armed conflicts in some areas impacting the
World Bank’s growth forecasts, there is also a rise in temperatures triggered by climate change, which, in the last decade alone, has almost doubled the global average: 0.45º C compared to 0.27º C, respectively.
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