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Environment

Iraq

A picture taken on April 16, 2019 shows the Mosul Dam lake, around 50 kilometres north of the Iraqi city of Mosul. (AFP)

Rains like no other: Iraq is tested in era of climate change

Water

Rusted cisterns are seen at the Al-Mashahada pumping station north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, April 16. (AFP)

Despite full reservoirs, Iraq water woes far from over

Morocco

Growing push. An aerial view of the solar plant of Ouarzazate in central Morocco. (AP)

Morocco strives to reduce energy bill

Mohamed al-Alawi

UAE

Flamingos are seen at the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. (Dubai Municipality)

UAE basks in limelight with nine wetlands on Ramsar list

water scarcity

Secretary General of the Arab Countries Water Utilities Association Khaldon Khashman speaks at the opening of the Fifth Arab Water Week in the Dead Sea. (ACWUA)

Resilient water sectors needed in arid MENA region

Climate change

An Iraqi man uses an atomiser made available for people outside a shop selling cooling and ventilation products in Baghdad, last July. (AFP)

Experts warn against climate change fallout in Arab world

Red Sea

Locusts are seen in the Menabe region of western Madagascar, March 29, 2013. (Reuters)

Locust outbreak threatens Egypt, Saudi Arabia: UN

Morocco

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Patricia Espinosa and UN Special Envoy for the 2019 climate summit Luis Alfonso de Alba at the COP24 UN Climate Change Conference 2018. (Reuters)

Experts warn of 'existential risk' at climate conference

Climate change

Negotiators at a UN climate summit take photos of snow that fell in Katowice, Poland, on December 11. (AP)

Saudi Arabia wants more study of global warming