Iraq’s escalating water crisis reveals devastating climate impacts as rising temperatures, conflict, and migration threaten the Fertile Crescent’s survival.
Takeaways
•Alyssa Rubin details how soaring temperatures and shrinking water supplies are transforming Iraq’s ancient farmlands into barren wastelands, crippling agriculture and village life.
•Water scarcity drives migration to city outskirts, fracturing communities and fueling poverty, instability, and even violent disputes among villages over dwindling resources.
•Regional water politics intensify as Iraq, Turkey, and Iran compete for control, exposing limits of local solutions and foreshadowing global struggles in a warming, unstable world.
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