Middle Eastern countries are among the most exposed to climate change – so why is media coverage so low there?

By Marianna Poberezhskaya, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Nottingham Trent University
Imad El-Anis, Associate Professor in International Relations, Nottingham Trent University
Marwa Mustafa, PhD Candidate at the Centre for Research in Literature, Linguistics and Culture, Nottingham Trent University

The Middle East is experiencing a period of intense political and economic turbulence, with several countries in the region embroiled in conflict. These conflicts are taking place against the backdrop of an escalating climate crisis.

In 2023, global thinktank the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace concluded that Middle Eastern countries “are among the world’s most exposed states to the accelerating impacts of human-caused climate change – including…

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