The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has raised alarms about the worsening agricultural situation in ...

In an instant, dark clouds engulfed the sky, obscuring the scorching sun in Al-Hizamat, a small village near Afak district in Iraq's Diwaniyah Governorate. Rain was imminent. Almost. A few minutes ...

Water scarcity is a critical issue in Iraq, threatening all aspects of society. According to the United Nations Global Environment Outlook 6 (GEO-6), Iraq is the fifth most vulnerable country ...

Globally, the climate crisis is also a human rights crisis. Dealing with environmental degradation and the climate crisis in ...

Lake Habbaniyah, once a shimmering oasis of tranquillity and natural beauty west of Baghdad, has become a heartbreaking symbol of Iraq’s worsening drought and dwindling water supplies.

Iraq: the cultural resilience of a war-ravaged ... “between two and three billion people” currently experiencing water scarcity. The emergency is predicted to worsen in the coming decades ...

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In an attempt to solve the problem of water scarcity, many Arab countries have ... before flowing into Syrian territory. In 1946, Iraq signed a friendship and good neighborliness treaty with ...

Extreme heat, drought and water scarcity are among Iraq’s most significant climate-related challenges, severely impacting food, water, social and health security. Women in Iraq face difficulties in ...