A recent study on the impact of high temperatures on the health and well-being of people in Kuwait warned that continued rise in temperatures could lead to deleterious health effects among people in the country, including an increase in rate of deaths due to heat related issues. The study also indicated that by the end of this century, 14 out of every 100 deaths in Kuwait could be due to the harsh climatic conditions brought on by the changes in weather patterns from global climate changes.

The research, published in the journal ‘Environmental Research Letters’, was conducted by Dr. Barak Al-Ahmad, the assistant professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the College of Public Health in Kuwait University, in association with international researchers. The research was funded by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, in collaboration with the Harvard Center for Climate, Health and Global Environment, and the Yale Center for Health and Climate Change in the United States, and the Berne Institute for Preventive Health Studies in Switzerland.