Beyond the Rainy Season: Iraq’s Environmental Policy & Economic Implications
Aug 13th, 2024العربية Starting in the spring months of 2024, images of overflowing dams and flooded rivers dominated Iraqi TV channels and...Read more
Addressing Challenges in Water & Environmental Governance: The Role of Iraqi Youth in Fostering Accountability
May 2nd, 2024Climate change will create new risks and increasingly test the resilience of countries across the Middle East region, and Iraq...Read more
Climate Adaption Key to Iraq’s Stability and Economic Development
Nov 29th, 2023Iraq is projected to be among the five countries hardest hit by the impact of climate change. The country is...Read more
Can the Economy Adapt to Climate Change?
Sep 26th, 2023IRIS hosted a panel discussion entitled “Can Iraq’s Economy Adapt to Climate Change?” The event took place at the American...Read more
New publications on Iraq's environment
Sep 7th, 2023IRIS scholars Maha Yassin and Mac Skelton have published new research on Iraq’s environmental challenges as part of the Century...Read more
Symposium: Conflict, Environment and Health
Feb 5th, 2023On February 5, 2023, the Institute of Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS)...Read more
Key Environmental & Climate Challenges in Iraq and MENA
Nov 22nd, 2022On November 20, 2022, as part of the Iraq Climate Dialogue , IRIS hosted environmental journalist and Wilson Center Global...Read more
Competing over the Tigris: The Politics of Water Governance in Iraq
Nov 18th, 2022Recent local struggles over water in Iraq have fed into ominous warnings about the coming age of “water wars” within...Read more
Dust Storms and Climate Change: A Crisis for the Iraqi Economy and the Need for Multilateral Solutions
Jun 30th, 2022This paper highlights the relationship between drought and SDSs, the impact of these storms on Iraq’s rentier economy, and the...Read more
Iraq Climate Dialogue
Feb 23rd, 2022Climate change and environmental degradation pose complex short-term and long-term challenges for Iraq and the Kurdish region, yet a sustained...Read more
Competing Over the Tigris: Climate Policy & Politics
Feb 23rd, 2022This research project is the first to explore the political economy of Iraq's water crisis. Most researchers on Iraq’s climate...Read more