Bahrain
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Population: 699,343
GDP: $26.82 billion (2008 est.)
Total Area: 665 sq km
Annual carbon emissions per capita: 38.39
Annual carbon emissions as percent of world's total: .0920%
World Meteorological Organisation [sic] (WMO) West Asia representative, Jaser Rabadi, explains "Sea levels are rising, for example, in waters around Bahrain at one cm every 10 years, severely threatening the coastline in the next half a century [.] According to the present rate, a five cm increase in sea levels in the next 50 years could spell disaster.” (2/17/09)
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=243251
