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Climate change could devastate Mideast, East Mediterranean - scientists

FILE PHOTO: A man carries a fishing rod during sunset along the shoreline in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, 230 km (140 miles) north of Cairo, July 12, 2011. Alexandria, with 4 million people, is Egypt's second-largest city and also one of the Middle East's cities most at risk from rising sea levels due to global warming. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Climate change could have a devastating effect on the lives of millions in the East Mediterranean and Middle East, where temperatures are rising nearly twice as fast as the global average, an international team of scientists warned.

The region could see an overall warming of up to 5 degrees Celsius or more by the end of the century on a business-as-usual scenario, a report prepared by the Cyprus Institute said.

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