Environmental degradation over the last ten years has severely damaged Iraq’s agricultural sector. Worsening water scarcity and quality have left the sector unable to support sufficient and sustainable livelihoods, particularly in rural areas, where it has long been the leading workforce employer. This has directly contributed to the migration of rural populations in search of […]
The COP26 climate talks have high hopes, as the world is already feeling the effects of the failure of the Kyoto Protocol, which failed to change the trajectory of the world economy 20 years ago. The Paris Agreement is designed to do just that, and the Glasgow talks are a turning point. Let’s start our […]
The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) has announced the implementation of a comprehensive agricultural development plan aimed at increasing the efficiency of sustainable agricultural production in Abu Dhabi, WAM reports. The plan adopts the principle of regional planning of the emirate’s farms, so that similar areas are identified in terms of development […]
Action on climate change must be at the heart of Lebanon’s recovery from the financial crisis, the country’s environment minister said on October 26, The National reports. “Climate change will continue to accelerate some of the shocks we are seeing in the country,” Nasser Yassin told an online UN panel. He said that environmental protection […]
Let’s check the official text from the Office of the Iraqi President. Mesopotamia Revitalization Project: A Climate Change initiative to Transform Iraq and The Middle East Addressing climate change must become a national priority for Iraq. The country is one of the most at-risk from climate-change impact; according to the UN Environment Program, Iraq is […]
Eco-activist Max Zalewski made me think about private jets on COP26. He asked a topical question to all conspiracy theorists: how did you imagine the daily lives of the world elite? Forbes and the BBC published articles about world leaders who flew to Glasgow for the climate summit on private planes, then ate venison and […]
The endgame of COP26 has begun. In the early hours of November 10 morning, the U.K. hosts published a draft text that urged countries to improve their climate targets by next year. Now the other 196 nations are digesting its contents and starting to push back. One of the most contentious clauses is a commitment […]
Let’s get acquainted with the opinion written by the president of Iraq for the Financial Times. He believes that the country can generate green industries and sustainable energy to combat threat of drought and desertification. *** Iraq has been buffeted by ill winds over the past 40 years. Wars, sanctions, terrorism and domestic conflict have […]
We’ve found a remarkable article prepared by Climate Action Network (CAN). This is the world’s largest climate network made up of over 1,500 civil society organizations in over 130 countries, together fighting the climate crisis. Since its inception in the 1980s, CAN has grown into a member-driven network driving collective and sustainable action to fight […]
If you thought the COVID-19 pandemic was disruptive and deadly, climate change would be so much worse. So said a slew of panelists щт Тщмуьиук 9 at the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, warning about escalating climate-linked health threats such as disease, heatstroke and air pollution. But they also called out the health systems in […]
