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KUWAIT CITY — As the blazing summer sun beats down on Kuwait, shoppers stroll down a promenade lined with palm trees and European-style boutiques, all without breaking a sweat.In one of the world's hottest desert countries, it's all made possible by architecture and technology: the entire street is located inside the heavily air-conditioned Kuwait City shopping mall.Outside,
As the blazing summer sun beats down on Kuwait, shoppers stroll down a promenade lined with palm trees and European-style boutiques, all without breaking a sweat.Outside of the state institutions, some Kuwaiti citizens have launched grassroot initiatives, including tree-planting to help cool sun-baked urban environments.
As the blazing summer sun beats down on Kuwait, shoppers stroll down a promenade lined with palm trees and European-style boutiques, all without breaking a sweat., World News, Times Now
Kuwait City (AFP) Aug 2, 2023 - As the blazing summer sun beats down on Kuwait, shoppers stroll down a promenade lined with palm trees and European-style boutiques, all without breaking a sweat.
Kuwait has long been plagued by sweltering heat, which has only worsened with global climate change, and the excessive use of energy-consuming air-conditioning only exacerbates the problem. The small oil-rich country is among the world's major emitters of CO2 and relies heavily on fossil fuels to power its desalination plants. However, while the government only recently began investing in green energy and public transport, some Kuwaiti citizens have launched grassroots initiatives, including tree planting to help cool the urban environment, even as global warming and excessive energy consumpti...