Water Crisis in Iraq


Statement of the Iraqi Water Week 14-22 March 2023

Statement of the Iraqi Water Week 14-22 March 2023

Water management in Iraq and its scarcity since 20 years of promised progress and a worse water situation than ever...

  • Environment
The Decision Maker and the benefits that are envisaged from finalising the Makhool Dam (3.3)

The Decision Maker and the benefits that are envisaged from finalising the Makhool Dam (3.3)

It is difficult to know all the benefits envisaged from finalising this dam. All available information highlights the importance of...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
The decision maker and the situation development for Makhool Dam (2.3)

The decision maker and the situation development for Makhool Dam (2.3)

The Iraqi Energy Council 1 has decided to agree on the Higher National Committee of Water’s recommendation (from its assembly...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
The decision maker and those responsible for the Makhool Dam (1.3)

The decision maker and those responsible for the Makhool Dam (1.3)

Ismael Dawood July 2022 The ramifications caused,as a result of the Iraqi Government’s decision taken at the beginning of 2021,...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
Save the Tigris: Environmental Campaign against building Dams inside and outside Iraq

Save the Tigris: Environmental Campaign against building Dams inside and outside Iraq

Husam Sobhi – Environmental Activist In the year 2013, the Iraqi engineer and founder of “Iraq Nature”, organization for environmental...

  • Environment
The Climate Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis

The Climate Crisis is a Human Rights Crisis

HRW Rights Should be at Center of COP26 Climate Deliberations As world leaders gather in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate...

  • Climate Change
International Water Forum Discusses the Water Crisis in North-East Syria

International Water Forum Discusses the Water Crisis in North-East Syria

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria held a water conference from 27-28 September 2021 in Hasakeh, North-East Syria,...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
As Its Rivers Shrink, Iraq Thirsts For Regional Cooperation

As Its Rivers Shrink, Iraq Thirsts For Regional Cooperation

HALABJA, Iraq — “Where we are standing right now, there should be a river,” says Nabil Musa, gesturing at a...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
Fears of Disappearance of the Lower Zab in 2030

Fears of Disappearance of the Lower Zab in 2030

Water levels in the lower Zab is reduced by 5 cm/day and the banks of the river decrease by 30...

  • Anti-Dams Actions
NEW REPORT AND WEBTOOL PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO IRAQ’S LOOMING WATER CRISIS: IOM AND DELTARES

NEW REPORT AND WEBTOOL PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO IRAQ’S LOOMING WATER CRISIS: IOM AND DELTARES

IOM Iraq Iraq faces a complex water crisis that is expected to persist and might have implications at the humanitarian,...

  • Save the Tigris and Marshes