BAGHDAD, Nov 8 — The “extreme” drought gripping Iraq, Syria and Iran would not have occurred without climate change caused primarily by burning fossil fuels, scientists...
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“Human-induced climate change has increased the intensity of such a drought such that it would not have been classified as a drought in a 1.2C cooler world,” said the scientists.It found that existing vulnerability from “years of conflict and political instability” also reduced people’s ability to respond to the drought, sparking a “humanitarian disaster”.
“Historically we didn’t have a lot of rain so this is normal for our region, but the increase in temperature is a new topic,” he said. In Iraq, one of the world’s leading oil producers, and in war-torn Syria, AFP journalists regularly observe the repercussions of climate change and the drought’s impacts on the most vulnerable populations.
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