Blaskhart: Iraq will not be able to secure water in the next decade

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[size=52]Blaskhart: Iraq will not be able to secure water in the next decade[/size]

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Calls for additional assistance to face the repercussions of the climate in three countries.
Baghdad - Ibtihal Al-Arabi,
New York - Morsi Abu Touq[/size]
[size=45]relations, where it is still necessary to go beyond the limits of circumstantial dealings), and she expressed her hope that (the parties will intensify their efforts in the Kurdistan region and transcend differences and work to serve the interests of all citizens, since the parliamentary elections have been long delayed, and that another postponement will harm public confidence). And the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Norwegian Red Cross warned in a report last Thursday that countries experiencing conflicts in the Middle East are among the most vulnerable to climate change, but they remain almost excluded from any funding related to combating this phenomenon. And in the joint report that focuses on Iraq Syria and Yemen, the two organizations called for additional assistance, and said that "the combined effects of climate change and armed conflict are exacerbating the humanitarian problems in this region." Last January, the Climate Funds database, which collects information from 27 funds, included only 19 projects in Iraq, Syria and Yemen that were approved for funding. She said that (the total amount that has been spent so far on these projects in the three countries is only 20.6 million dollars, which is less than 0.5 percent of the money that has been spent on projects related to combating climate change around the world), in turn. The Secretary General of the Norwegian Red Cross, Ann Bergh, dismissed “climate-related funding almost entirely in the most fragile and unstable places,” adding, “It is clear from a humanitarian perspective that this situation must change.” In the midst of a civil war that has been going on for eight years, Yemen is classified as one of the countries most affected by the climate. And the International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed that (it is not uncommon in Yemen for citizens to flee their homes in search of safety from the conflict and then leave, because agriculture is not possible due to drought and water scarcity). The United Nations classifies Iraq, which is still recovering from decades of conflict, as one of the countries in the world most affected by climate change.[/size]
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