Environment

A resident takes a video of the water levels of a river on the outskirts of Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, Dec. 17, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Kurdistan

Erbil to implement new projects to prevent flash floods

Members of the Mergasor environmental protection forces and locals take part in planting eight thousand oak trees, Dec. 30, 2023. (Photo: Tayfur Mohammed/Kurdisatn24)

Kurdistan

8,000 oak trees to be planted in Barzan

Iraqi children cross a flooded street in the Iraqi capital Baghdad after heavy rains, Dec. 24, 2022. (Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP)

Iraq

A few Iraqi provinces suspend schools amid heavy rain forecast

A fisherman sits in a boat along the Shatt al-Arab waterway on a foggy morning in Iraq's southern city of Basra, Dec. 18, 2023. (Photo: Hussein Faleh/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq experienced ‘unprecedented’ drought in 2023: minister of water resources

An aerial view of Erbil International Airport. (Photo: EIA)

Kurdistan

Erbil International Airport halts flights due to weather conditions

Kurdistan

Turkey plants 20,000 tree saplings in Kurdistan Region

Head of Zakho Independent Administration Guhdar Sheekhoo (center) is pictured during the first phase of a one-million tree planting campaign in Zakho district, Dec. 14, 2023. (Photo: Zakho Independent Administration)

Kurdistan

Zakho, Duhok launch one-million tree planting initiative

Russia's Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Ruslan Edelgeriyev. (Photo: AFP)

World

Russia warns against 'chaotic' fossil fuels exit

A delegate walks outside during the United Nations' COP28 climate talks at Expo City in Dubai. Dec. 12, 2023. (Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)

World

UN summit compromise calls for shift away from fossil fuels

World

At UN climate talks, no consensus on what consensus is

activist protesting on stage against fossil fuels during an event at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai, Dec. 11, 2023. (Photo: AFPTV)

World

COP28 president says 'still a lot do' for climate deal

People visit the venue housing the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, Dec. 10, 2023. (Photo: Giuseppe Cacae/AFP)

World

'Race against time': Climate talks in last push over fate of fossil fuels

The residents of northeastern Syria are grappling with a severe water crisis, depending on water truck deliveries (Photo: UNICEF/UNI325083/Albam)

Syria

Water cut to Syria's Hasakah city cut since October: SANA

Climate activists gather for a joint 'climate justice' and 'ceasefire now' march, demanding an end to the violence in the Gaza Strip, at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, Dec. 9, 2023. (Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)

Middle East

Climate campaigners slam OPEC bid to thwart oil phase-out

A picture taken from Rafah southern Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing during Israeli bombardment in Gaza, Dec. 6, 2023. (Photo: Mahmud Hamas/AFP)

Middle East

'Ecocide': how war and climate change are often linked

Men ride bicycles along a street, amid dense smog in the outskirts of Amritsar, India on December 5, 2023. (Photo: AFP)

World

Climate change by numbers