Third season of Sowt’s ‘Ahraz’ podcast investigates Iraq’s water crisis

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DUBAI: In March, Iraq became the first country in the Middle East to join the UN Water Convention.

It is unsurprising considering the global climate change crisis and water scarcity in Iraq.

“Iraq faces a real water crisis,” Abdul Latif Rashid, Iraq’s president, said at the UN 2023 Water Conference. Over the past 40 years, water flows from the Euphrates and Tigris, which provide up to 98 percent of Iraq’s surface water, have decreased by 30 to 40 percent, he said.