By Raji Unnikrishnan
CLIMATE change could impact the region and increase the risk of conflicts over shrinking natural resources, warned Bahrain’s environment chief.
Supreme Council for Environment (SCE) chief executive Dr Mohammed Bin Daina called on all countries to address the crisis – failing which they could witness disputes over water, agricultural land, food, forests and fisheries.
Last month, UN secretary general António Guterres said that a major decline in precipitation and a rise in extreme weather events in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) was harming water and food security. Mena is among the world’s most water-stressed and climate vulnerable regions.
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