Dealing with environmental degradation and the climate crisis in Iraq is a herculean task, but quite simply, Iraq cannot afford to sit idly by. The well-being and human rights of people in Iraq ...

By bnm Gulf bureau Iraq is facing what officials are calling the 'worst drought in its history,' as water resources continue to dwindle and agricultural land deteriorates across the country ...

Iraq is on the frontline of multiple intersecting crises, such as persistent governance challenges, demographic pressures, and environmental degradation. The rapidly worsening impact of climate ...

The impact of climate change on religious traditions is not confined to the Middle East. Each year a pilgrimage to the base of Peru’s sacred Colque Punku glacier attracts around 100,000 worshipers.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC), in collaboration with the Government of Iraq, held a national climate event on 27 May 2024 to present findings from a study on the impacts of 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 ...

Iraq’s first fully solar-powered village has opened in Kulak, a rural community in the Kurdistan Region, as part of broader efforts to address climate change and chronic energy shortages.

Iraq’s most senior energy official called for coordinated Arab action on climate change while Egypt’s environment minister proposed a regional green fund at a conference in Baghdad Monday.

The future of Iraq as a sovereign nation was thrown into jeopardy yesterday after a new law was introduced to Parliament that would enable the break-up of the country into semi-autonomous regions. If ...