{"id":87424,"date":"2024-06-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/06\/30\/climate-change-emerges-as-main-culprit-behind-hajj-deaths\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T00:00:00","slug":"climate-change-emerges-as-main-culprit-behind-hajj-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2024\/06\/30\/climate-change-emerges-as-main-culprit-behind-hajj-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate change emerges as main culprit behind hajj deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Heat-related hajj deaths continue to make waves in the foreign press<\/strong> over the weekend, with the reason for the extreme heat behind the rising fatalities this year linked to climate change, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/climate-change-boosted-deadly-saudi-haj-heat-by-25-c-scientists-say-2024-06-27\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> reported, citing a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.climameter.org\/20240616-18-saudi-arabia-heatwave\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">ClimaMeter report<\/a>. The report claims that human-caused climate change increased the temperatures by 2.5\u00b0C to reach 51.8\u00b0C in Makkah. \u201cWe interpret the Saudi Arabia heatwave as a very uncommon event whose characteristics can mostly be ascribed to human driven climate change,\u201d Davide Faranda, one of the report\u2019s authors said, linking it to \u201cfossil fuel burning.\u201d <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Meanwhile, <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/why-saudi-arabia-matters-more-than-ever-us-volatile-middle-east\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a><\/strong><strong> is out with an opinion piece by Neom advisory board member Ali <\/strong><strong>Shihabi on the importance of the Kingdom\u2019s role in what he describes as a \u201cvolatile region.\u201d<\/strong> He argues that a sought defense pact between Riyadh and Washington \u201cwould serve to keep the GCC solidly in the US orbit in an increasingly multipolar world.\u201d \u201cThese are, after all, states with the resources and the will to actively support the United States in upholding the US.-led regional order,\u201d Shihabi writes. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> Also gaining some traction in the foreign press: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The performances of some <strong>Saudi Premier League<\/strong> players in the <strong>Euro 2024<\/strong> is turning heads, beating perceptions about the level of competition in the SPL which is usually deemed subpar. 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