{"id":22541,"date":"2026-09-11T16:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/mena\/?p=22541"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:32:15","slug":"when-extreme-heat-becomes-the-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/mena\/en\/when-extreme-heat-becomes-the-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"When Extreme Heat Becomes the &#8220;New Normal&#8221; Across the Middle East and North Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" title=\"A Hotter Future Awaits the Region\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2026\/09\/f05eaa2b-\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0628\u0644-\u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631-\u062d\u0631\u0627\u0631\u0629-\u0641\u064a-\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0638\u0627\u0631-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0637\u0642\u0629.jpg\" alt=\"Since the 1980s, regional temperatures have been rising by around 0.4\u00b0C per decade, nearly twice the global average, which has profound consequences on people and nature.\" class=\"wp-image-22535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2026\/09\/f05eaa2b-\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0628\u0644-\u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631-\u062d\u0631\u0627\u0631\u0629-\u0641\u064a-\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0638\u0627\u0631-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0637\u0642\u0629.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2026\/09\/f05eaa2b-\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0628\u0644-\u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631-\u062d\u0631\u0627\u0631\u0629-\u0641\u064a-\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0638\u0627\u0631-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0637\u0642\u0629-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2026\/09\/f05eaa2b-\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0628\u0644-\u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631-\u062d\u0631\u0627\u0631\u0629-\u0641\u064a-\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0638\u0627\u0631-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0637\u0642\u0629-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2026\/09\/f05eaa2b-\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0642\u0628\u0644-\u0623\u0643\u062b\u0631-\u062d\u0631\u0627\u0631\u0629-\u0641\u064a-\u0627\u0646\u062a\u0638\u0627\u0631-\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0646\u0637\u0642\u0629-510x288.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Since the 1980s, regional temperatures have been rising by around 0.4\u00b0C per decade, nearly twice the global average, which has profound consequences on people and nature.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><em>Scientific reports have long documented rising temperatures, but their impacts are now becoming increasingly visible in our everyday lives. What were once brief periods of extreme heat are now stretching into weeks and arriving earlier than usual. Meanwhile, the heat we once learned to endure is taking a growing toll on our bodies and reshaping the routines of daily life, from working and sleeping hours to water and electricity consumption, and even our ability to carry out the simplest everyday activities.<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Middle East and North Africa, heatwaves are no longer exceptional events. They have become a recurring reality, returning every year and seeming more intense than the last. The painful irony is that our region is among the areas hardest hit by their impacts. Since the 1980s, temperatures across the region have been rising by around 0.4\u00b0C per decade,\u00a0 nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/mena\/en\/the-implications-of-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">twice the global average<\/a>. While that increase may seem small on paper, it has profound consequences for people and nature.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scale of this shift was particularly evident in 2024, which was among the hottest years recorded across countries in our region. During that year\u2019s Hajj pilgrimage, more than 1,300 pilgrims died from heat stress and heatstroke after temperatures reached 51.8\u00b0C in the shade. Just weeks later, the Moroccan city of Beni Mellal recorded 21 deaths in a single 24-hour period as a heatwave swept through the city, with temperatures ranging from 38\u00b0C to 48\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025 was no different. The region continued to experience record-breaking heatwaves, as extreme heat events underwent a clear shift, becoming more frequent, more intense and longer-lasting. The danger lies not only in record-high temperatures, but also in the increasing duration of heatwaves. Longer periods of extreme heat place additional pressure on human and natural systems, reducing their ability to recover, putting greater strain on water resources and increasing the risk of drought in one of the most water-scarce regions in the world.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These conditions were further intensified by climate phenomena such as heatwaves linked to heat domes that affected the region this year, driving temperatures to exceptionally high levels across the Levant, North Africa, Egypt and the Gulf states. Temperatures in the shade reached around 49\u00b0C to 50\u00b0C in countries including Iraq, Syria and Egypt. At the same time, the extreme heat placed enormous pressure on power grids across several countries, including Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya, leading to prolonged power outages that directly affected millions of people during periods of extreme heat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Impacts That Go Beyond Rising Temperatures&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the impacts of heatwaves go far beyond the numbers. They are not simply temporary spikes in temperature; they directly affect people\u2019s everyday lives, making outdoor work more difficult, increasing health risks for children, older people and pregnant women, and, in the most severe cases, posing a direct threat to life. According to the World Health Organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/climate-change-heat-and-health?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nearly 500,000 people died from heat-related causes<\/a> each year between 2000 and 2019.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The impacts do not stop at human health. They also extend to livelihoods and essential resources. Rising temperatures put increasing pressure on water resources, make farming seasons more difficult and deepen the vulnerability of communities already facing water scarcity. With every heatwave, producing food becomes more challenging, while livelihoods and the resources people depend on come under growing pressure, particularly for farmers, pastoralists and people living in rural areas.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Hotter Future Awaits the Region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If what we are experiencing today already feels harsh, scientific projections point to an even more concerning future. According to Greenpeace MENA\u2019s report, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2022\/11\/b57fcf2f-greenpeace-living-on-the-edge-full-english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Living on the Edge<\/a>\u201d, if emissions continue to rise, leading to very high concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the summers we now consider exceptional in terms of heat are likely to become the norm in the future, and could be even harsher.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, the report projects that by the end of the century, around 80% of densely populated cities across the Middle East and North Africa could experience extreme heatwaves lasting for at least half of the hot season. These heatwaves could also occur up to six times more frequently and be 6\u00b0C to 7\u00b0C hotter, while the longest could last for several weeks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the same Greenpeace MENA report, if high levels of emissions continue, temperatures during extreme heatwaves could exceed 56\u00b0C in parts of the Middle East and the Gulf. When such extreme heat is combined with high humidity, it is no longer simply a matter of discomfort. Conditions can reach levels that impair the human body\u2019s ability to cool itself, increasing the risk of heat stress and other heat-related health impacts.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These changes are not limited to future projections; they are already reflected in the climate data being recorded today. The past decade was the hottest on record in Africa, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/05\/1163126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Meteorological Organization<\/a>. In North Africa in particular, the changes go beyond rising temperatures to the very nature of heatwaves themselves. A<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s41748-026-01164-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> recent study<\/a> published in \u201cEarth Systems and Environment\u201d found some really concerning changes in heatwave dynamics across Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, with heatwaves becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more intense than historical climate averages. The study links these changes to the increasing persistence of high-pressure systems over the region, which trap hot air masses for longer periods and intensify heatwaves. Morocco and the North African coast are among the areas most affected by these climate shifts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The situation becomes even more complex when extreme heat and drought occur together, a combination known as compound heatwaves. When these two factors combine, they set off a chain of impacts: water evaporates more rapidly, soils dry out, crop productivity declines and pressure on water resources intensifies. At the same time, ecosystems gradually lose their ability to withstand these stresses. Wetlands that provide habitats for rich biodiversity come under increasing pressure, vegetation cover deteriorates, and trees lose their leaves and their ability to provide shade, putting people and nature alike at risk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who Bears Responsibility?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to heatwaves, they are not simply an isolated natural phenomenon, but one of the clearest manifestations of climate injustice: a reality that entire communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis in the Global South are living through. There is no doubt that emissions from oil and gas companies have been the major driver of the intensification of deadly heatwaves around the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-09450-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study <\/a>published in \u201cNature\u201d, the combined emissions of 180 of the world\u2019s largest carbon-producing companies were responsible for around 50% of the increase in the intensity of the heatwaves examined in the study. It also found that, on average, the heatwaves analysed were around 200 times more likely to occur between 2010 and 2019 as a result of the climate crisis driven by carbon emissions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is where the greatest injustice lies: while fossil fuel companies have accumulated profits for decades and contributed to deepening the climate crisis, the communities that have contributed the least to these emissions are the very ones facing its harshest consequences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ultimately, heatwaves are far more than a passing climate phenomenon. They are an increasingly harsh reality that makes people\u2019s lives more difficult year after year. 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