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This is according to nasa, june of 2022 was the 450th straight month where the temperatures globally on average were higher than the 20th century. so only people now in their 40s remember a cooler than average month on earth, and it's not cooling off, right? and so the mega drought, which is now 22 years long, there's no rain in the forecast. there's no huge snow year that is just where, you know, everybody's betting on, and that is -- those are the water -- that's the bank, first national banks of life, powell and mead for the west. the only reason we have a los angeles or an albuquerque or a...

Dr Bob Alfa, Director of Planning, Water Resources Commission (WRC), has called for the district assemblies in the Upper East Region to do more to protect water catchment areas. They needed to start doing the small things that were inexpensive but effective to stop the destruction of these areas through…

>> reporter: from a lush, natural paradise to a dry, salty desert. global warming is literally evaporating what once was the largest lake in the entire middle east in iran. the sixth largest salt lake in the world. all around this lake you can see the impact of the global climate emergency. on the communities here, on the people. their livelihoods and of course, also, their future. the authorities tell us today this lake is less than half the size of what it used to be. the shrinkage is due in part to dam projects around here, but mostly due to years of severe brought as our planet gets hotter...

A desert. >> reporter: from a lush, natural paradise to a dry, salty desert, global warming is literally evaporating what once was the largest lake in the entire middle east in iran, the sixth largest salt lake in the world. all around this lake, you can see the impact of the global climate emergency on the communities here, on the people, their livelihoods and of course also their future. the authorities tell us today lake ormia is less than half the size of what it used to be. the shrinkage is due in part to dam projects around here, but mostly due to years of severe drought as our planet ge...

For therapeutic purposes. they would stay here for several days, he says. the ferry boats many used across the lake now lay stranded on the salty crust slowly rusting away. this google maps animation shows just how fast the lake has shrunk, going from 5,400 square kilometers in size to just 2,500 in about 30 years. lack of rain and water shortages are a problem all across iran. severe lack of water recently led to protests, some violent in the southwest of the country. iran's new president saying he will act. the matters have been detected, and i assure the people that the solutions have been ...