The impact of the climate change on the cultural and natural heritage of Iraq.
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To mitigate the #ClimateEmergency in #Iraq, it is not too late to improve the water management policy. The current old-fashioned, irresponsible, and broken methods of irrigation systems have to be developed now and be replaced with modern technology one.
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Finally, the @IraqiGovt is organising a conference about the #ClimateEmergency in #Iraq.
We and other Iraqi NGOs and scholars have been working on this issue for years.
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#WorldWetlandsDay
Iraqi marshes
Wetlands are one of the🌎's best carbon sinks: they capture and store CO2 from the atmosphere.
The maths is simple, if wetlands are in danger, so is the planet.
💌RT to show some love #ForWetlands, ahead of tomorrow's World Wetlands Day.
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We have submitted a report to establish a #ClimateCrisis Centre belong to the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education.
So far the impact of climate change in Iraq has not received the required attention from the #Iraqi Government.
“The groundwater is more salty. We are taking the groundwater and using it for everyday life as well as irrigation, so we are increasingly exposing all kinds of surfaces to salt and saltwater.
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#Sawa Lake has gone! The @iraqiairwayss should change the icon of Al-Muthana Governorate to something else 😥.
We blame #ClimateCrisis and mismanagement of groundwater.
Sawa Lake has totally dried 😑.
The 15 thousands years of life has ended this year.
It was part of Mesopotamian natural and Cultural #Heritage.
The next generations will not believe there was a large lake here. The migration birds will forget it too.
#ClimateCrisis
Iraqi top officials are now working closely with Iraqi experts and academics to tackle, reduce and mitigate the #ClimateCrisis especially #sandstorms ⤵️
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It's midday today between #Ur and #Uruk , such a heavy #Sandstorm.
It's a normal result of consecutive lack of rain sessions.
It's the third storm this year and the Summer hasn't started yet.
Thinking about roads accidents, people with breathing difficulties 🙏
#ClimateCrisis
Sawa Lake has totally dried 😑.
The 15 thousands years of life has ended this year.
It was part of Mesopotamian natural and Cultural #Heritage.
The next generations will not believe there was a large lake here. The migration birds will forget it too.
#ClimateCrisis
The #Iraqi Government has issued a formal order to implement the Iraqi obligations that recommend by @COP26
Members of our team will be involved in component of the impact of #ClimateCrisis on #heritage
Yes, not only armed conflicts and urbanisation can destroy #heritage, but also #ClimateCrisis can do that.
#Archaeological sites and #Bedouins heritage in the #Iraqi western desert 🏜 is a live example about it.
Iraqi #Bedouins were thriving in the western desert 🏜. However, during the last few years, all water well, springs, oasis started to dry and forever as a result of #ClimateCrisis and mismanagement of the groundwater.
It's freezing 🥶 this morning, during our fieldwork deep in the western Iraqi desert.
So, imagine a place where it's minus 5°c in the Winters nights and 55°c in Summers days.
#ClimateCrisis
It's freezing 🥶 this morning, during our fieldwork deep in the western Iraqi desert.
So, imagine a place where it's minus 5°c in the Winters nights and 55°c in Summers days.
#ClimateCrisis
So far, it's the #driest season ever in the southern #Iraq. Moreover, the difference between nights and days #temperatures is the highest ever too.
As a result, even a normal wind speed can produce huge sand dunes to cover and erosion #archaeological sites.
#ClimateCrisis