For war-scarred Iraq, climate crisis the next great threat
- Date: 08-Jul-2021
- Source: Jordan Times
- Sector:Agriculture
- Country:Gulf
For war-scarred Iraq, climate crisis the next great threat
By Dawood Al Yaseen and Salam FarajÂ
Agence France-Presse
"¨BASRA, Iraq "” As Iraq bakes in the blistering summer heat, its hardscrabble farmers and livestock herders are battling severe water shortages that are killing their animals, fields and way of life.
The oil-rich country, scarred by wars and insurgencies over the past four decades, is also one of the world's most vulnerable to climate change and struggles with a host of other environmental challenges.
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