FILE - Hajji Wali Jan, 66, carries plastic containers for water on his way to his house during a drought in Kamar Kalagh village outside Herat, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2021. The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are warming almost twice as fast as the global average, with temperatures projected to rise up to 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century if no action is taken to reverse the trend, a new report says. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)