How will climate change affect businesses in the Middle East in the foreseeable future?

Climate change is the greatest threat which entire humanity is facing and is being raised since 1990s but no one listen or took any action and it is high time for all the countires to take action to protect the future of humanity. Climate change cannot just be limited to middle east as it is global phenomenon. Regular occurences of hurricanes, storms, droughts across the world is a clear indication of how it is affecting the daily lives. In the future the occurences may be more and when the sea level rises, many low lying islands will disappear. Middle east with many countires have cities along coast lines will be badly affected by this along with other disasters like sand storms, extreme rains etc. Each individual must contribute their part for improving this condition as they all are the end users.

For the short term there will be weather extremes and volatility that might affect agriculture, trade, and transportation network.

Looking farther into the future the main concern will be sea level rise and the impact on many coastal cities. That can lead to disruption in real-estate markets, seaports and maritime commerce, and many industrial hubs in the region.

A wise course of action should be to plan ahead for more inland investments and developments, avoiding coastal areas for higher and safer elevations, and to develop new opportunities in creating artificial island and floating cities.

Climate change will affect business, live, production, harvests, education, relationships... everything! in the world in the Middle East taking serious action into all area prevent impact on environments, the climate change is extremely affected all over the area. We need effective changes the whole word it should be enforced and encourage via legally controlled.   

Climate change is a big problem not only in the Middle East but around the world. It may affect businesses in Middle East in terms of Agricultural Products. Instead of harvesting their own products on timely seasons, most of the farms are not cultivated properly. May also affect the vision of 2030 ( KSA ), trourists may not possibly visit Middle east country due the weather condition outside is not bearable. 

Specialists explain and agree with their valuable comments. 

Climate change will affect business, lives, production, harvests, education, relationships... everything! We are dealing with the greatest threat to humankind since the last biomass extinction. In the Middle East most everything which deals with local produce will be helpd togetjer. But whatever you want to do using goods and services from the outside world will take a long shot to secure. 

Daughts will be more severe, and unusual floods will be seen in deserts. We need to set a planned, progressive degrowth plan if we mean to keep doing business, beacause tourism alone will not suffice in a couple of decades.   

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I do believe that this will affect dramatically those Middle East countries' that are mainly remain  depending on "Agricultural Projects", and The  Traditional Style in Agriculture" as a vital part on its GDP., for several reasons like, the  extreme heat waves, irrigation poverty, desertification, seasons overlapping, etc. 

Climate change is already affecting the Arab world on an alarming scale. Extreme heat waves will spread over larger areas of land and for longer periods of time, making some parts unsuitable for habitation and limiting the ability to plant other parts. Cities will feel the impact of urban warming, and most of the Middle East's capitals could live four months of hot days each year. High temperatures will put enormous strains on crops and already scarce water resources, with the potential for increased migration and the risk of conflict.

Climate change will significantly worsen the living conditions in the [region]. Prolonged heat waves and desert dust storms can render some regions uninhabitable, which will surely contribute to the pressure to migrate.

that's my opinion 

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Munir Khetni