Iraq’s regional positioning on climate matters. The region in which Iraq sits is known in hydrological terms as the Tigris-Euphrates basin. It is particularly vulnerable to water scarcity, and ...

Drought and extreme heat that scientists link to climate change are altering the UNESCO-protected marshlands. Iraq's average annual temperatures are increasing at nearly double the rate of Earth's.

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 launched an ambitious strategy on Wednesday to protect and improve its environment over the next six years, in the war-scarred nation's latest bid to confront escalating environmental challenges.

As Aymen al-Rubaye plants mangrove seedlings in the sprawling tidal flats of southern Iraq, the black smoke rising over the skyline behind him shows the ecological damage that he is toiling to undo.

BAGHDAD — This city roars in the summertime. You hear the generators on every street, shaking and shuddering to keep electric fans whirring as the air seems to shimmer in the heat. Iraq isn’t ...

The United Nations ranks Iraq as the fifth-most vulnerable country to the effects of climate change. The country has been in a prolonged drought since 2020 and experienced its second-driest season ...

As Iraq bakes in the blistering summer heat, its hardscrabble farmers and livestock herders are battling severe water shortages that are killing their. A dead fish on cracked, ...

In Iraq, the loss of access to water from the river, and drought, threaten at least seven million people. Large swathes of farmland, fisheries, power production, and drinking water sources have ...

A third straight year of drought is forcing Iraq to cut its crop area in half, another example of how extreme weather caused by climate change is threatening food security around the world.. The ...

ISIS emerged around the same time Iraq experienced its warmest March-April-May season on record. It may just be an interesting coincidence, but it could mean more.