Maha مها

Iraqi from the south ☀️ Research Fellow- Environmental Policy @IRISmideast. My views.

[Maha مها @MahaYassin00]

Bolstering #Iraq’s Climate Response through Regional Environmental Cooperation

I argue how 🇮🇶, through adept navigation of the shifting regional dynamics, can emerge as a force in tackling regional #climate challenges. By doing so,🇮🇶also plays a🗝️ role in fostering #stability.

[Mehran Haghirian @MehranHaghirian]

We are pleased to share our edited volume, "Pathways for Regional Environmental Cooperation in the Gulf," jointly published by @BourseBazaar and @MEI_NUS, and edited by @DrAishaAlSarihi and myself.

Download the publication here: https://t.co/c5WPnMI6uS

[IRIS @IRISmideast]

"Iraq’s climate adaptation will depend heavily on overcoming entrenched subnational and national political challenges," write @mac_skelton, @MahaYassin00, @ZmkanSaleem & Karam Robeil in the latest IRIS report. Our main points:🧵https://t.co/2pYf7z12WB

[Zeinab F. Shuker @zfshuker]

Iraq is going between extreme drought that kills people to extreme rain that kills people. There are also reports of tornadoes. Both an indication not only of the climate crisis but of state failure to develop infrastructure to address the new realities-

[Maha مها @MahaYassin00]

@RashaAlAqeedi التفرعات الشجرية في خور الزبير ❤

[Chatham House MENA @CH_MENAP]

"تذليل العقبات التي تحول دون الإصلاح المناخي في العراق"
بقلم حيدر الشاكري @HayderSH
#مبادرة_العراق

لقراءة المقال على منصتنا "كلام" ⬇️
https://t.co/uFoqzWVAk1

[Zeinab F. Shuker @zfshuker]

Really excited to share my chapter titled "The Drying Land: #Iraq 's Worsening #Water Crisis," published as part of the @CarnegieMEC "Troubled Waters in Conflict and a Changing Climate: Transboundary Basins Across the Middle East and North Africa" issue. https://t.co/UndiW1c1iK

[Maha مها @MahaYassin00]

@SimonaFoltyn @guardian @undpiraq Thank you, Simona, for bringing the evidence. @undpiniraq is only one of many there.

[Simona Foltyn @SimonaFoltyn]

*NEW* My exclusive @guardian investigation uncovers #corruption on @UNDPIraq's flagship reconstruction program, the Funding Facility for Stabilization, casting doubt on its stated impact.

THREAD

https://t.co/uPJDYQb2DF

[Mehran Haghirian @MehranHaghirian]

We are pleased to share our edited volume, "Pathways for Regional Environmental Cooperation in the Gulf," jointly published by @BourseBazaar and @MEI_NUS, and edited by @DrAishaAlSarihi and myself.

Download the publication here: https://t.co/c5WPnMI6uS

[NRC Middle East & North Africa @NRC_MiddleEast]

⚠️ The Ninewa Plains in northern Iraq is emerging as a hotspot, with climate, peace, and security hindering recovery for communities.

🚨 1 in 4 small-scale farmers in Sinjar and Ba’aj had to abandon farming due to climate change and conflict.

#COP28

[Maha مها @MahaYassin00]

I hope this will materialise into a substantial initiative to serve vulnerable communities in #Iraq, rather than becoming another financial tool benefiting some political factions and fueling more internal instability. #COP28 #COP28UAE

[NRC Middle East & North Africa @NRC_MiddleEast]

Since '21, @NRC_Norway's reports reveal Iraq's climate crisis is affecting water, income, social tensions & displacement. UN estimates 130K Iraqis are displaced & potential 40% loss of arable land due to drought.

#cop28

[Sajad Jiyad سجاد @SajadJiyad]

My new paper published by @LSEMiddleEast as part of the @Peace_Rep_ series on Iraq looks at how corruption is organised by the political elite and leads to direct harm of citizens
https://t.co/VI4EcDOCOq

[Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @LossandDamage]

1/19. It's the end of the first day of #COP28 in Dubai 🇦🇪, which saw the opening plenary of the COP, the #LossAndDamage Fund operationalised and over $400 million (USD) in pledges made for a Fund that needs hundreds of billions. Here are our key #LossAndDamage takeaways.🧵

[IRIS @IRISmideast]

NEW: As part of ongoing @USIP & @IRISmideast research on #Iraq’s water-scarcity & climate crisis, read the project's 1st publication: "Climate Adaption Key to Iraq’s Stability and Economic Development."

By @sarhangsalar, @mac_skelton, & Zmkan Saleem:
https://t.co/jHgFUexo9m

[Planetary Security Initiative @PlanSecu]

The Iraqi NGO Ozon organised w/ PSI a meeting in #Iraq for its Basra Forum for #Climate, Environment #Security🌎

40 participants exchanged insights into the security implications of climate change & how to address these within an oil-producing region

https://t.co/rwX62TFVcK

[Zeinab F. Shuker @zfshuker]

Another important paper by ⁦@sarhangsalar⁩ and ⁦@mac_skelton⁩ on how localized politics and the fragmentation of the decision making process is probably one of the biggest obstacles against effective climate change adaptation in Iraq. https://t.co/QSzFwtn8UV

[The National @TheNationalNews]

Transformative solar power projects are easing the financial burden on families in Iraq amid chronic electricity shortages https://t.co/0KgpZBgdYB

[Will Todman @WillTodman]

This looks like an important publication with a stellar list of authors on regional environmental cooperation in the Gulf - I very much look forward to reading it!

[Mehran Haghirian @MehranHaghirian]

As climate leaders gather in #Dubai for #COP28, @DrAishaAlSarihi and I, along with 10 experts, have published an edited volume on “Pathways for Regional Environmental Cooperation in the Gulf” to provide practical recommendations on the way ahead:

https://t.co/c5WPnMI6uS

[IRIS @IRISmideast]

Check out IRIS Climate Fellow @MahaYassin00 latest contribution for @BourseBazaar edited volume entitled "Pathways for Regional Environmental Cooperation in the Gulf."
https://t.co/opJeOgRdTD