Climate change

Iraqi Minister of Environment Niaz Amedi speaking to reporters on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dec. 2, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Iraq

Iraq has not caused climate change, pays a ‘significant price’, says environment minister

Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and Climate Change, speaking to Kurdistan 24, Dec. 1, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

‘Kurdistan is active and serious about fighting climate change,' says senior KRG environment official

Prime Minister ⁦Masrour Barzani⁩ was received at COP28 by the President of UAE (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Addressing climate change requires collective action: PM Masrour Barzani

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (Photo: KRG)

Kurdistan

Kurdish leaders are set to participate in the COP28 conference in Dubai

Photographers showcase their work at Zrebar Lake. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan 24)

Iran

Zrebar Lake birds in danger of extinction

Desiccated date palm orchards in Basra governorate, Sept. 2, 2023. (Photo: Fareed Baram/NRC)

Iraq

Climate-induced displacement rises in Iraq amid wobbled recovery

Iraqi Nasser Jabbar sits near his children at his home on the edges of Nasiriyah, capital of Dhi Qar province, Sept. 25, 2023. (Photo: Asaad Niazi/AFP)

Iraq

Iraqis displaced by climate change fall into poverty

Nadhim Zahawi, Member of Parliament and Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at the MEPS 2023, Nov. 21, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

UK's Nadhim Zahawi gives major speech on climate change, Kurdish economy at MEPS23

Low levels of water in Iraqi Marshes effects the livelihoods of more than 6,000 rural families. (Photo: FAO)

Iraq

Barren Iraqi marshes leads to record migration

Middle East

Nasty drought in Syria, Iraq and Iran wouldn't have happened without climate change, study finds

The Governor of Erbil, Omed Khoshnaw, speaking in the press conference, Sept. 30, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Measures will be taken to prevent flash floods in Erbil, says governor

A view of Iraq's Mosul dam. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq needs 30-plus new dams, says water minister

A picture shows the receding waterline of the Habbaniyah lake affected by severe drought in Iraq's Anbar province, August 11, 2023. (Photo: Murtadha Ridha/AFP)

Iraq

Drought threatens Iraq's tourism sector

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 9, 2023. (Hadi Mizban/ AP)

Iraq

Iraq water crisis could have regional consequences, UN human rights chief warns

The building of the Diyarbakir Water and Sewerage Administration (DISKI) (Photo: Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality)

Kurdistan

Diyarbakir municipality bans street and car washing to curb water waste

A dry fish farms in the village of Albu Mustafa in Hilla , following a crack down by the Iraqi government on unauthorised ponds in an effort to meet the country's water demands, July 6, 2023. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Water-stressed Iraq dries up fish farms