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    Drought in Iraq... repercussions that threaten electrical energy and rivers with “danger”

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    Drought in Iraq... repercussions that threaten electrical energy and rivers with “danger”

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    Economy News - Baghdad
    [rtl]Drought threatens one of the most prominent sources of electrical energy in Iraq because the majority of its generating stations depend on water sources.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Over the past decades, successive governments in Iraq have installed major (hydroelectric) generating stations on the banks of rivers and dams.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Hydropower capacity is in long-term decline in the Middle East and its structures, including along the once-fertile Euphrates and Tigris river basin that is now “one of the fastest-drying regions on Earth,” according to Benjamin Ball, head of the Climate and Security Diplomacy Program, at the think tank. German Adelphi.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Rivers running from Turkey through Syria and Iraq once fed the “cradle of human civilisation”, but persistent drought – characterized by high evaporation and low rainfall – and increased competition for scarce water resources due to global warming, means these riparian countries are struggling to nurture production. Agriculture and hydropower. [/rtl]
    [rtl]The United Nations says that Iraq is one of the five countries in Iraq that suffers from drought and is threatened by internal displacement and conflicts over water sources.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Three hydropower dams built at the head of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in Turkey about 30 years ago saw a 25% decline in electricity generation capacity during that period, according to research by Dursun Yildiz, a hydropower expert based in Turkey and head of a local NGO. Water Policy Association.[/rtl]
    [rtl]“The decline in electricity generation has a lot to do with droughts in the region,” Yildiz says.[/rtl]
    [rtl]He adds that the decrease in rainfall and snowfall is linked to climate change, and will ultimately lead to a decrease in the flows of the Euphrates River by 30-40%, by the end of this century.[/rtl]
    [rtl]This drought also affects downstream countries, and Iraq is one of them.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Using 12 climate models to understand multi-decade changes in streamflow, he predicts climate change will accelerate this decline and could lead to 5% to 18% losses in hydropower by 2050.[/rtl]
    [rtl]This may seem modest compared to the already observed 25% decline in the Upper Euphrates Basin in Turkey, however, the decline “will likely place significant pressure on Iraq’s energy system,” [/rtl]
    [rtl]In a country already struggling to meet its energy needs, hydropower is an important source of renewable energy, reducing reliance on planet-heating fossil fuels such as oil and gas.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Climate change has also made drought in the Tigris and Euphrates basin likely to occur once every 10 years, versus every 250 years before average temperatures began to rise.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Iraq is aware of the danger of the decline of water sources in addition to electricity generation, and has begun its first steps in shifting to other sources, such as gas investment and the use of clean energy by establishing a solar energy station, but these remain slow steps that require long-term strategic plans before it is too late.[/rtl]


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