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Middle East: Too Hot To Handle?

Will poor water management and climate change inevitably lead to conflict and migration in the Middle East? And who is to blame for Lebanon's chronic water and power cuts?

Will poor water management and climate change inevitably lead to conflict and migration in the Middle East? Ed Butler speaks to climatology professor Elfatih Eltahir, and to journalist and author Francesca de Chatel, as he seeks answer.

And are politicians to blame for Lebanon's chronic water shortages and power cuts? Venetia Rainey reports from Beirut.

(Picture: A Lebanese farmer installs water tubes on his field; Credit: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)

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