Iraq among countries most affected by climate change

Human food faces an unprecedented decrease, as drought may occur every 20 years instead of every 400 years, due to climate change caused by human activity.

Researchers found that the northern hemisphere is threatened if the probability of a surface drought increased 5 times, i.e. 7 centimeters deep from the soil surface. In Europe, the last three months from June to August (2022) were the hottest since 500 years. Extremely high temperatures led to the worst drought the continent had seen since the Middle Ages.

The agro-environmental drought has increased at least 20 times, and the words of scientists do not need stronger evidence than the stones that appeared in the German city of Diesen, on which was inscribed “If you see me, cry.” The dry soil, which this summer became a natural scene even in the green countries of Europe, made the world breathless, in addition to a series of fires in more than one unexpected place.

The scene and rivers receded, not only in Europe but in the Arab region. Iraq, for example, has become today one of the 5 most vulnerable countries in the world to the consequences of climate change, according to the United Nations, and the Tigris River, which watered the Sumerians and Babylonians thousands of years ago, is now facing drought.

The United Nations explained that fossil fuels; such as coal, oil and gas that are more contributors to climate change, as they represent more than 75% of greenhouse gas emissions, and about 90% of carbon dioxide emissions. These huge numbers have prompted the world to constantly seek to exploit clean energy from the sun, wind and water, and to turn to electric cars. However, experts believe that the world is still far from achieving what is required.