Iraq: Expanding Deserts, Searing Temperatures, and Dying Land: Climate Crises Deepen Struggle of Farmers [Video]

Nov 14, 2022 | International Committee of the Red Cross
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Iraq has been burdened with wars, sanctions, and domestic conflict for over 40 years, but the potential economic and environmental fallout of the climate crisis is by far one of the most serious long-term threats facing the country today. Iraq, the country of the two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, is one of the five most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change.