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From Threat to Opportunity: Harnessing Climate Change to Build a Prosperous Future for Iraq and the Region [1]

IAI Papers [2]

From Threat to Opportunity: Harnessing Climate Change to Build a Prosperous Future for Iraq and the Region

[3]
Authors:
Azzam Alwash [4]
21/06/2023

Climate change and environmental degradation are adding serious strain to Iraqi coping capacities and governance mechanisms in a county already struggling with elevated water scarcity, instability and demographic growth. Widely recognised as a country at high-risk from climate change, Iraq faces the urgent need to diversify its economy away from hydrocarbon resources, while developing mechanisms of cooperation and co-dependency with regional neighbours to provide sustenance and opportunities to its youthful population. Drawing on Iraq’s history as a trade hub and bread basket for the region, Iraq and its neighbours need to urgently work together to overcome divisions and plan for a better future if the challenge of climate change is to be transformed into an opportunity capable of promoting stability and integration in an increasingly fragile Middle East.

iaip2314.pdf [3]

Details

  • Details

    Rome, IAI, June 2023, 16 p.
  • In:
    IAI Papers [2]
  • Issue

    23|14
  • ISBN/ISSN/DOI:
    978-88-9368-295-4

Table of contents

Introduction
1. Climate threats and disruptions
2. Water scarcity
3. Demography: An added challenge
4. Instability and insecurity
5. Climate change: A national priority for Iraq
6. Afforestation and food production: The drive to modernise irrigation
7. Solar power and green hydrogen: Freeing Iraq from the hydrocarbon curse
8. Water management
9. Transportation and transit rights
10. Future prospects
References


Source URL:https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c03/threat-opportunity-harnessing-climate-change-build-prosperous-future-iraq-and

Links
[1] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c03/threat-opportunity-harnessing-climate-change-build-prosperous-future-iraq-and [2] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/lista/all/iai-papers [3] https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaip2314.pdf [4] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/azzam-alwash