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One of the world's wealthiest oil exporting nations is becoming unliveable

Parts of Kuwait could get as much as 4.5C hotter from 2071 to 2100 compared with the historical average

Kuwait, Global Warming, City, Traffic, Heat, Rising Temperatures
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Kuwait pledged at the COP26 summit in November to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 7.4% by 2035

Fiona MacDonald | Bloomberg
Trying to catch a bus at the Maliya station in Kuwait City can be unbearable in the summer.About two-thirds of the city’s buses pass through the hub, and schedules are unreliable. Fumes from bumper-to-bumper traffic fill the air. Small shelters offer refuge to a handful of people, if they squeeze. Dozens end up standing in the sun, sometimes using umbrellas to shield themselves.

Global warming is smashing temperature records all over the world, but Kuwait — one of the hottest countries on the planet — is fast becoming unlivable. In 2016, thermometers hit 54C, the highest reading on Earth in the

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