Environment

A view of Tahrir Square in the centre of Iraq's capital Baghdad during a dust storm, April 12, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Baghdad hit by new dust storm

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, planting a palm tree at the UN Compound in Baghdad, as part of World Health Day, April 10, 2022. (Photo: UNAMI Twitter Account)

Iraq

UN Special Representative for Iraq plants palm tree as part of ‘Healthier Tomorrow’ challenge

Kunamasi village in the Kurdistan Region has freshwater and magnificent green scenery among other attractions (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour)

Kurdistan

Kunamasi village, a source of fish and tourism

The Derbendikhan Dam in Sulaimani province. (Photo: Goran Sabah Ghafour/K24)

Kurdistan

Production of drinking water in Kurdistan Region exceeds international standards: Ministry

Young Iraqi volunteers take part in a clean-up campaign on the bank of the Tigris river in the Adhamiyah district of the capital Baghdad, March 11, 2022. (Photo: Sabah Arar/AFP)

Iraq

Iraqis clean up river as first green projects take root

Sand storm in the Kurdistan Region's Sulaimani province, Apr. 7, 2022. (Photo: Hawzhin Jamal/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Sulaimani International Airport suspends flights due to sand storm

An intense dust storm has hit the Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil, significantly reducing visibility in the city, April 7, 2022. (Photo: Rebaz Siyan/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Erbil Airport suspends flights due to sand storm

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani at the World Energy Forum in Dubai. (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

PM Barzani allocates 6 billion Iraqi dinars for cleaning, waste management in Duhok

A man walks along a road during a sand storm in Iraq's southern port city of Basra, Mar 4, 2022. (Photo: Faleh Hussein/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq will experience massive increase in dust storms in the next 20 years: Iraqi official

Water borehole equipment is pictured while drilling a well in Erbil's Badawa neighborhood, August 14, 2021. (Photo: Rebaz Siyan/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

KRG allocates budget for potable water in Erbil ahead of summer

Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw plants a tree to mark the capital's Environment Day, April 4, 2022. (Photo: Erbil Governorate/Facebook)

Kurdistan

Erbil marks its first Environment Day

Veterinarian Karrar Ibrahim Hindi examines a sick buffalo, at a farm in the marshes of Iraq's southern district of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province, March 26, 2022. (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)

Iraq

Boats for buffaloes: vets in Iraq's marshes take to water

Firefighters extinguish the blaze at the Ibn al-Khatib hospital, April 24, 2021. (Photo: Social Media)

Iraq

Iraqi Civil Defense Directorate recorded over 6,000 fire incidents

Graphic: Mabast Bahaden/Kurdistan 24

Kurdistan

Earthquakes hit Kurdistan Region’s Kalar and Khanaqin districts

A dried-up irrigation canal in Iraq's southern Nasiriyah province. (Photo: Haidar Mohammed Ali/AFP)

Iraq

7 million Iraqis at risk of losing access to water in coming years: Ministry

Peri-Khan Aqrawi-Whitcomb speaks at the fifth TEDxNishtiman event (Photo: Wladimir van Wilgenburg/Kurdistan 24).

Kurdistan

Kurdistan cannot escape effects of climate change: specialist