Background Ranked the fifth most vulnerable country to climate change, Iraq's environmental and energy challenges directly affect its overall stability and prosperity. Working with the Government of Iraq, the private sector and affected communities, USAID is mitigating the impact of climate change by strengthening water management and governance systems, promoting renewable energy solutions, improving management […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mr. Mohammed S. Al-Sudani, chaired the first session of the Higher National Committee for Water in the presence of the Minister of Water Resources, the Minister of Construction, Housing and Municipalities, the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, the Director Generals of the relevant ministries, and representatives of the PM […]
In Iraq, a multidimensional development and climate crisis is brewing. Iraq's oil-dependent development model, weakening human and institutional capacity, and its deep social divides and inequalities are ingredients of a "perfect storm" centering on a development-climate-fragility nexus. Climate change threatens the social contract in Iraq, which has already been eroded by elite capture, widespread clientelism, […]
By Wil Crisp for Yale Environment 360. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. After Comeback, Southern Iraq's Marshes Are Now Drying Up After recovering from Saddam Hussein's campaign to drain them, Iraq's Mesopotamian Marshes are disappearing as a regional drought enters […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Fish farming communities in Iraq are seeing a decline in their harvests for the second year. Climate change is also taking a toll on the inland fishing industry. The city's catch is down […]
A dry horizon: Iraq's interlinked drought and climate crises In 2022, Iraq witnessed a second consecutive year of drought and record low levels of rainfall across the country. Drought conditions are exacerbated by the broader impacts of climate change as Iraq remains one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to rising temperatures, decreased […]
By Jassim Al-Falahy, Iraqi Minister of Environment, for Newsweek. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Dust Storms, Climate Change Hammer Iraq In Iraq this past spring, the air sometimes was orange. Not the sky, the air. It looked like what I imagine […]
By John Lee. Iraq has been named the fifth-most vulnerable country to climate breakdown, affected by soaring temperatures, insufficient and diminishing rainfall, intensified droughts and water scarcity, frequent sand and dust storms, and flooding. Compounding this, water policies in neighbouing countries have shrunk vital water sources, while rapid population growth, urbanization, and inefficient water use […]
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Grappling with climate change, Iraq girds to apply solutions Iraqis are enduring a summer season of blazing heat and blowing dust storms. While causing acute issues, these two challenges are long-term problems-with few […]
Dust Storms and Climate Change: A Crisis for the Iraqi Economy and the Need for Multilateral Solutions This paper highlights the relationship between drought and SDSs, the impact of these storms on Iraq's rentier economy, and the dangers such conditions represent to the region. The paper calls for multilateral cooperation among Iraq and its neighbors […]
By Mohamed Sabry for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Egypt to build desalination plant in Iraq Egypt plans to build a desalination plant on the Euphrates River to help address acute water shortages in southern Iraq amid lack […]
On World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, UN and NGOs call for action to support Iraq in managing water and adapting to climate change As Iraq confronts multiple challenges caused and exacerbated by climate change, including prolonged heat waves, declining precipitation, loss of fertile land, salinisation, insufficient infrastructure investments, transboundary water shortages and a […]
