Countries in the Middle East and North Africa have done little as a whole to address the threats from climate change, the American Security Project said Monday. International delegates gather Tuesday in New York City for a climate change summit hosted by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki -moon. The summit comes on the heels of a report from the World Meteorological Organization that said the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere last year reached a new record in part because of the steady use of fossil fuels. A report Monday from the American Security Project found the Middle East and North Africa — home to nine of the 12 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries — least prepared for climate change . “Perhaps an explanation of this is the continued political and military strife in the region,” the report […]