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Environment - current issues Kuwait, in 34 editions.
The entry for Kuwait published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 8 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 8
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2024
Published as “Environment” (1990 to 1996), “Environment - current issues” (1997 to 2024), “Environment-current issues” (1998) and “Environment--current issues” (1999).
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1995 edition
Rewritten since 1993The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Published as “Environment”
- some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide most of water;
- air and water pollution;
- desertification
some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide most of water; air and water pollution; desertification
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
Published as “Environment”
- some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide most of water;
- air and water pollution;
- desertification
some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities
provide most of water; air and water pollution; desertification
The entry for Kuwait did not include Environment - current issues.
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- limited natural fresh water resources;
- some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide much of the water;
- air and water pollution;
- desertification
- natural hazards:
- sudden cloudbursts are common from October to April, they bring inordinate amounts of rain which can damage roads and houses;
- sandstorms and duststorms occur throughout the year, but are most common between March and August
- international agreements:
- party to - Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection;
- signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Marine Dumping
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
current issues: limited natural fresh water resources; some of world's
largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide much of
the water; air and water pollution; desertification
natural hazards: sudden cloudbursts are common from October to April,
they bring inordinate amounts of rain which can damage roads and
houses; sandstorms and duststorms occur throughout the year, but are
most common between March and August
international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Environmental
Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban,
Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity,
Endangered Species, Marine Dumping
Published as “Environment”
- current issues:
- limited natural fresh water resources;
- some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide much of the water;
- air and water pollution;
- desertification
- natural hazards:
- sudden cloudbursts are common from October to April, they bring inordinate amounts of rain which can damage roads and houses;
- sandstorms and dust storms occur throughout the year, but are most common between March and August
- international agreements:
- party to - Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection;
- signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Desertification, Endangered Species, Marine Dumping
current issues: limited natural fresh water resources; some of world's
world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities
provide much of
natural hazards: sudden cloudbursts are common from October to April,
April, they bring inordinate amounts of rain which can damage roads and
and houses; sandstorms and duststorms dust storms occur throughout the year,
but are
international agreements: party to - Climate Change, Environmental
Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban,
Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity,
Desertification, Endangered Species, Marine Dumping
- limited natural fresh water resources;
- some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide much of the water;
- air and water pollution;
- desertification
Rewritten: too little of the 1996 text remains to mark the changes.
limited natural fresh water resources;
some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities
provide much of the water; air and water pollution; desertification
Published as “Environment-current issues”
- limited natural fresh water resources;
- some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide much of the water;
- air and water pollution;
- desertification
limited natural fresh water resources;
some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities
provide much of the water; air and water pollution; desertification
Published as “Environment--current issues”
- limited natural fresh water resources;
- some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide much of the water;
- air and water pollution;
- desertification
limited natural fresh water resources;
resources; some of world's largest and most sophisticated
desalination facilities
pollution; desertification
The same text in 11 editions, 2000 to 2010.
- limited natural fresh water resources;
- some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide much of the water;
- air and water pollution;
- desertification
limited natural fresh water
The same text in 7 editions, 2011 to 2017.
- limited natural freshwater resources;
- some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide much of the water;
- air and water pollution;
- desertification
limited natural fresh water freshwater resources; some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide much of the water; air and water pollution; desertification
The same text in 7 editions, 2018 to 2024.
- limited natural freshwater resources;
- some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide much of the water;
- air and water pollution;
- desertification;
- loss of biodiversity
limited natural freshwater resources; some of world's largest and most sophisticated desalination facilities provide much of the water; air and water pollution; desertification desertification; loss of biodiversity
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Kuwait: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/kuwait/environment-current-issues.