People walk among bleached algae that would usually be underwater on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Bleached algae that would usually be underwater is seen on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Bleached algae that would usually be underwater is seen on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Bleached algae that would usually be underwater is seen on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Bleached algae that would usually be underwater is seen on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Bleached algae that would usually be underwater is seen on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Bleached algae that would usually be underwater is seen on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Bleached algae that would usually be underwater is seen on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

People walk among bleached algae that would usually be underwater on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Bleached algae that would usually be underwater is seen on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Bleached algae that would usually be underwater is seen on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Bleached algae that would usually be underwater is seen on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

A woman dips her hand into the water at the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Sliema, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Bleached algae that would usually be underwater is seen on the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Marsascala, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

A woman and child crouch next a rock pool along the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Sliema, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

A woman and child look for shells along the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Sliema, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

A woman wades in shallow water along the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Sliema, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

A woman walks with her dog along the shoreline after the sea level around the Maltese islands went down by a record-breaking 50cm in Sliema, Malta February 23, 2023. The drop in sea level was triggered by the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular density changes due to temperature and salinity, as well as water exchanges with the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar, according to local media. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi 

Aerial view of the Solidarite Market in La Saline days after Haiti police blocked streets and broke into the airport during a protest demanding justice for fellow police officers killed by armed gangs, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 30,2023. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Aerial view of the Solidarite Market in La Saline days after Haiti police blocked streets and broke into the airport during a protest demanding justice for fellow police officers killed by armed gangs, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 30,2023. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo 

A woman grazes animals close to Al-Bu Hussain village which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, November 8, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Hussein Hassan Ibrahim (L), and Kazem Hussein, 52, (R) walk across arid land in Al Bu Ruwayyshid village which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, November 8, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

An Egyptian farmer shows beans on a field using raised beds to prevent salinity in Al Sharkiya, Egypt October 30, 2022. REUTERS/Sherif Fahmy 

Haider Jalil, 10, fills a water tank from a truck outside his family home in the village of Al-Bouzayyat which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 20, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Haider Jalil, 10, grazes animals outside the family home in the village of Al-Bouzayyat which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 20, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

The skull of a donkey who died due to lack of food and water lies on the ground in the village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq October 20, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

The village of Al-Bu Hussain which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, is seen from above in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 14, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A new canal is seen, which replaces one which has been in use since the nineteen fifties after the water level decreased, in the village of Al-Massa, al-Muthanna, Iraq, October 12, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

An aerial view of La Saline neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 12, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo 

An aerial view of a cargo ship docked at La Saline pier in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 12, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo 

A herd of buffalo wade in the Euphrates River in al-Muthanna Province, Iraq, October 11, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Salt residue is seen on arid farmland in al-Muthanna Province, Iraq, October 11, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A woman collects water from a water tank stored outside her home in the village of Al-Bouzayyat, which sits on the bank of a former canal which has dried up, in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 11, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Salt residue is seen on arid farmland in al-Muthanna Province, Iraq, October 11, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

People collect water for their animals from the the al-Thirma river in Diwaniya, Iraq, October 11, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group G - Borussia Dortmund v Sevilla - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - October 11, 2022 Borussia Dortmund's Jude Bellingham celebrates scoring their first goal with Salin Ozcan REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen 

A view of a sugar beet plant, infected by cracking due to the salinity and lack of soil permeability, before harvesting, in a field in Sidi Salem, Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

A view of Alfalfa plants, infected by cracking due to the salinity and lack of soil permeability, before harvesting at a field in Sidi Salem, Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

Children play ball games on the dried up riverbed of the Shatt al Mashkhab river, in Najaf city, Iraq, October 10, 2022. "Climate change is a reality in Iraq," said the United Nations mission in Iraq, adding that the country was the world's fifth most vulnerable to the fallout from global warming due to rising temperatures, lower rainfall, salinity, and dust storms. "Desertification now threatens almost 40 percent of the area of our country - a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region," Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani SEARCH "CLIMATE MIDEAST WATER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group G - Sevilla v Borussia Dortmund - Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville, Spain - October 5, 2022 Borussia Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi celebrates scoring their third goal with Salin Ozcan REUTERS/Marcelo Del Pozo 

The saline of Tampa Bay is seen ahead of Hurricane Ian in Tampa, Florida, U.S., September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

Emad Attia Ramadan, 48, a farmer, poses for a portrait in his paddy field after his land was affected by high salinity in Damietta, Egypt September 25, 2022. Soaring salinity in Damietta due to climate change is forcing the farmers to pull up tomatoes and replace them with rice. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

Hammad Mahmoud, President of the Fruit and Vegetable Association, gestures to show that the corn field was damaged and affected by high salinity, in Damietta, Egypt September 25, 2022. Soaring salinity in Damietta due to climate change is forcing farmers to pull up tomatoes and replace them with rice. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

A view of a damaged field of Emad Attia’s neighbours, which was affected by salinity due to which they couldn't grow vegetables anymore on their land, in Damietta, Egypt September 25, 2022. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

Hussein Omar, a farmer, lights a fire beside his rice field in Mansoura in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

A view of a rice field at a plantation in Mansoura in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt September 20, 2022. Soaring salinity in Dakahlia due to climate change are forcing farmers to pull up vegetables and replace them with rice. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

Attia Tatawi, a farmer washes his face after a long day of work in a rice farm at Mansoura in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

An Egyptian farmer picks cotton during the harvest season at Mansoura in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt September 20, 2022. Soaring high salinity, cracking due to salinity and lack of soil permeability in Dakahlia, due to climate change, are forcing the farmers to pull up vegetables and replace them with cotton. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

Egyptian Farmers pick cotton during the harvest season at Mansoura in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt September 20, 2022. Soaring high salinity, cracking due to salinity and lack of soil permeability in Dakahlia, due to climate change, are forcing the farmers to pull up vegetables and replace them with cotton. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

A view at a cotton field in a plantation at Mansoura in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt September 20, 2022. Soaring high salinity, cracking due to salinity and lack of soil permeability in Dakahlia, due to climate change, are forcing the farmers to pull up vegetables and replace them with cotton. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

Attia Tatawi, a farmer, collects Echinochloa crus-galli from the rice farm at Mansoura in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

A view at a cotton field in a plantation at Mansoura in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt September 20, 2022. Soaring high salinity, cracking due to salinity and lack of soil permeability in Dakahlia, due to climate change, are forcing the farmers to pull up vegetables and replace them with cotton. REUTERS/Fatma Fahmy 

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group G - Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 14, 2022 Borussia Dortmund's Salin Ozcan in action with Manchester City's Erling Braut Haaland REUTERS/Craig Brough 

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group G - Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 14, 2022 Manchester City's Manuel Akanji in action with Borussia Dortmund's Salin Ozcan Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine 

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group G - Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 14, 2022 Borussia Dortmund's Salin Ozcan in action with Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne and Manuel Akanji Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine 

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group G - Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 14, 2022 Borussia Dortmund's Jude Bellingham celebrates scoring their first goal with Salin Ozcan Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff 

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group G - Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 14, 2022 Borussia Dortmund's Emre Can, Mats Hummels and Salin Ozcan before the start of the second half REUTERS/Craig Brough 

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group G - Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 14, 2022 Manchester City's Manuel Akanji in action with Borussia Dortmund's Anthony Modeste and Salin Ozcan Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine 

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group G - Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - September 14, 2022 Borussia Dortmund's Salin Ozcan during the warm up before the match Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine 

Basketball - EuroBasket Championship - Round of 16 - Finland v Croatia - Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany - September 11, 2022 Croatia's Karlo Matkovic in action with Finland's Sasu Salin REUTERS/Annegret Hilse