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The UN’s Special Representative to Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, called for international assistance, particularly from Iraq’s neighboring countries, to help address the country’s water shortage and drought issues. Speaking on the sidelines of the Iraq Forum on Thursday, Hennis-Plasschaert stressed the importance of finding a comprehensive solution to the climate change …

The former Minister of Environment in Iraq, Abdul Rahman Siddiq, said that Iraq is ranked fifth among the countries most affected by climate change in the world. Siddiq said in a speech today, “Skyscrapers do not define countries. Water, rivers and springs do”, adding, that Iraq’s richness attracted the most …