Iraq's extreme heat and water shortages - BBC News
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- Опубліковано 23 жов 2021
- Iraq is one of the most climate-vulnerable places on Earth.
This summer, Sheikh Kezem Al-Kaabi fights to continue farming his ancestral land despite extreme heat and worsening water shortages.
In Baghdad, traffic cop Sa’ad Saddam Abdulhasan is responsible for one of the city’s busiest intersections. He keeps the city moving, but that means working in 50C heat.
BBC Life at 50C investigates how extreme heat is affecting lives across the world.
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Such a nice directorial choice to have the interviewees speak directly into the camera, as if they're talking directly to us. What an amazingly produced documentary.
And the music is beautiful too, as if right out of a feature film. Very well produced indeed.
@Branch Covidian
Lol burn in anger . 😁
Islam is growing in the west
Intervieweees
I found it amusing when he talks about breathing in the land and then takes a drag of a cigarette.
Embellished to say the least. Embellished to push the climate change agenda. Highest ever recorded temperature in bassra is 53.8, less in Baghdad where the police officer claims it was 60 degrees. The planet has got hotter and cooled down for hundreds of thousands of years and when you look at history in 500 year sections it’s quite normal. The water level used to raise up to the banks, shows a banking at one side of the river, then pans to the other where it clearly was never possible to be so high. I’m off back to pornhub, enough bs for today
I farm in Canada. I grow vegetables and sweet corn. My family has farmed here for 90 years. For the first time I picked sweet corn in November. In our family history of 90 years this has never happened before. This means climate change is real. God help us. God bless praying for these farmers. Amen
I really want to immigrate to Canada and farm. With climate change I believe Canada and Russia is the best countries to go to.
No one denies climate change. It’s happened ever since the planet was formed. God folk are thick. Doesn’t prove it’s man made. One or two years of weather is not necessarily a trend.
Indoor farming
Aerogarden
Q
No dajjal is close famine and droughts will be here soon sea of Galilee dried up out prophet told us this 1400 years ago
Prayers can save anything prayers can change anything and everything. Thanks
This needs to be 2 hours long. Amazing production.
CO2 at 0.04% is a 2,500th part of the atmosphere. That means to warm the climate by just 1"C carbon dioxide molecules must capture 2,500"C of heat energy. That is impossible. It also breaks the fundamental laws of thermodynamics.
Methane at 0.00017% is a 600,000th of the atmosphere so it's even more impossible.
However, the climate is changing. This is because of deliberate geoengineering programmes, in particular ozone thinning away from the poles. Though largely unreported ozone thinning effect is directly observable, in clear skies producing an unnaturally bright sun. Under these conditions the pain felt when looking at the sun is not only from the increase in visible light but the much larger increase in infrared. (Look up at the sky and you will see a range of geoengineering operations in progress, these include chemtrail induced cloud or hazing, ripple patterns caused by HAARP installations, bizarre and unnatural cloud formations).
Climate change is a programme to force change in accordance with the implementation of Agenda 21 /2030. Current events demonstrate this transition is well underway and will involve massive population cull through injected nanotech (re transhumanist programme). Agenda 21 also sees the permanent loss of all property rights with the introduction of universal basic income (ref NESARA/GESARA) and has/is being promoted by The World Economic Forum.
'You will own nothing and you will be happy' WEF
In a depopulated world the surviving brainwashed and controlled population will be confined to mega cities. Carbon limits will be used to restrict consumption and liberty. Meanwhile the re-greened wilderness will be the exclusive playground of the ultra rich elite posing as conservationists.
The CO2 hoax amounts to the theft of the world and the enslavement of humanity by a parasitic few.
Welcome to the future!
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I have included a debunking of 'accumulated heat' as it is so often used to explain how trace elements, so called 'greenhouse gasses', can warm the planet.
Accumulated heat whilst sounding a reasonable explanation of how heat can build up is rather nothing more than gobbledygook. In fact it shows those using such arguments do not even understand what heat is.
When we measure temperature we are measuring the heat energy a thing is losing. In short heat is a measurement of flow, the transfer of heat energy and this will always be in the direction towards the colder. For this reason a thing can never 'accumulate heat' in the way those advocating CO2 climate change describe. The temperature of a body is the measure of heat output, it can never be greater than the measure of heat input. Output = input. When a thing is warmed it is heated to an equivalent of the heat input. If this input is not maintained it will cool. Those that propose that heat can build up to be hotter than the total measure of heat input at a given time either do not understand what heat is or are being deliberately misleading. To illustrate, an object being heated by a flame can never become hotter than that flame, it's temperature cannot rise inexorably to the temperature of the sun for instance. Heat cannot be accumulated. When we think about it common sense tells us this must be the case.
NASA and even Nobel Prize winning physicists have expounded 'accumulated heat' as the explanation how CO2 is able to warm the atmosphere. They claim that over hundreds of years CO2 has captured heat energy and this heat has 'accumulated' to produce a serious warming effect. As I have just explained, this is totally impossible and fundamentally violates all the laws of thermodynamics. That respected scientists should support such uneducated, unthinking nonsense is disturbing and only reflects that in terms of being able to think clearly about a subject they have no facility or inclination. These are the Dark Ages of science. Belief has outweighed logic or any critical thought. It tells us that we should not unquestioningly accept anything we are told, that experts can be fools.
(NB: be aware of attempts to discard thermodynamics by talking about biology.
Eg. 'It only takes a drop of arsenic to kill a person.'
This would be somewhat desperate, muddled thinking. Clearly biological processes based on the reaction of a cell are not the same as the laws of physics/thermodynamics).
@@doobidoo095 wow. im speechless.
also notice how Biblical prophetic events of end tjmes are coming into play
@Emmanuel Macron do you mean the humanity of the Jewish people that many prominent Iraqis deny & that’s so prevalent in the Muslim world? Take responsibility!
Not really. They don't say the most important thing: NO TREES >>> NO RAIN
the video content is good but the animation and editing is awful, the animation honestly is like some kind of joke as if a student is practicing, I don't understand it, it's so easy to do better and they can send a crew to Iraq but not pay an intern to make better maps?
It needs to be mentioned how damaging the numerous dams in southern Turkey are to this drought situation.
too political.. they won't touch stuff like this with a barge pole.. the real issues are never discussed
Along with syria and iran...tigris have many tibutries..
@Rock John Only a wicked jokesbon farmer's suffering
How bout the fact that turkey is building too many dams on the upper euphrates and tigris river?
Whataboutism will not solve many problems. Sure, that is also a problem, but it should not diminish what is presented in this video. Climate change hits hard for many.
It is a well established fact that the chain of events from most of Syrias farmlands and cattle being destroyed, to the cities becoming overpopulated with poor farmers, to ISIS finding a good foothold, is a reason for the Kalifate being created, with numerous fatalities resulting from the fighting that ensued. Climate change is causing real, day to day trouble for a lot of people. It should be taken seriously, and not pushed over to some alternate path that tries to indicate that he problem is elsewhere at every turn. That rain is not falling is a real issue for the millions that depend on it.
@@kodez79 i do not deny the effects of climate change but damming people from there only water source surely won't help them survive from it.
@@falkerwyscray9067 I went to Iraq and I believe that Scray was preaching the truth, with water becoming scarce because of Damming, obviously temperatures won't cool without water.
Temperatures will continue to climb till the dams are removed.
I just came to the comments to type the exact same comment
Only a farmer could understand the conection and love of another farmer to his land.
60 degrees and they are still walking outside. This people had incredible skin
Yeah I saw vids of cars melting
How long
Yeah its funny right it's almost like they live in a desert country in the Middle East.
Celsius, not degrees
33 degrees and i feel like im gonna melt i cant even imagine 60.
It’s all getting very real now. Thermometers don’t lie. My heart goes out to these extraordinarily patient and faithful farmers 🙏🏻😔
Part of syria uprising was for this very reason: long droughts. Iam telling you in our lifetime the ME won't be habitable and would need to prepare for this crisis.
Iraq and the Iraqi people deserve much better than they have. Instead, countries like mine only see what countries like Iraq can offer in terms of a quantifiable resource. And that same resource is leading to the downfall of not just our species and civilization, but the global climate itself.
There is a saying that my Mother's ancestors had: "It is only when the last tree is cut down, the last fish is taken from the river, and the river is poisoned so that we cannot drink we realize we cannot eat money."
They don’t have water. That’s not anyones fault, that’s what happens _IN A DESERT_
If you love the land and its people? Go into the hills set a circle of stones stand in the centre to request a prayer for the long rain for the land to be rebirthed in the name of Allah-Elohim and rains will come. I am a weather Shaman, this will come to pass..watch as the lands turn green.
@@MyHandelsMessiah Actually that is where you are wrong.
The daming of the Euphrates from Turkey is what is causing these temperatures to rise.
@@edwigcarol4888 we must believe our planets life expectancy has barely begun.
If you love the land and its people? Go into the hills set a circle of stones stand in the centre to request a prayer for the long rain for the land to be rebirthed in the name of Allah-Elohim and rains will come. I am a weather Shaman, this will come to pass..watch as the lands turn green.إذا كنت تحب الأرض وأهلها؟ ادخلإذا كنت تحب الأرض وأهلها؟ ادخل إلى التلال ضع دائرة من الحجارة واقف في المركز لطلب دعاء طويل للمطر حتى تولد الأرض باسم الله إلوهيم وستأتي الأمطار. أنا شامان طقس ، سيحدث هذا .. مشاهدة الأرض تتحول إلى اللون الأخضر.
@@MyHandelsMessiah Iraq was considered as one of the most rich countries of water 😂 Iraq has tens of rivers! Iraq is famous with his big rivers, the problem now is that Turkey and Iran are cutting off the water of rivers from Iraq such as the Tigris River, Euphrates, Upper Zab, Lower Zab, Diyala, Sirwan, Ab Sirwan, Tanjru, Al-Azim, Al-Karon and other rivers. Iraq contains a vast desert, but not all of its territory is desert, even the Greeks and Arabs today call Iraq Mesopotamia, it means the land between rivers! Read a little before you put forward your incorrect opinions Iraq contains the largest Marshes and freshwater swamps in the Middle East in the south and is one of the largest in the world and contains many giant freshwater lakes such as Lake Al-Tharthar, Habbaniyah, Razza, Sawa, Dokan, Darbandkhan and other very large freshwater lakes!
over 50 degrees is absolutely insane
Don’t live in a desert 🤷🏽♂️
@glyn hodges haha we never got this temperature before believe me
NO TREES >>> NO RAIN. So get used to it. Soon 70 - 80 C and rising
It totally is , i don't even know how our country still functions with 26 days worth of temps over 50c , if it wasn't for air conditioning nobody would bare to live here anymore .
@@awsomemodels Basking in the Sun with no rain at all. Enjoy your 'treeless' country. It will only get worse. People will have to migrate or die. Desert culture. WoW
This report could also talk about the Iranian regime and Turkey's diversion and theft of the waters of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.Through the building of dams and obscuring the natural directions of water flow. Also please shine some light on Iranian regime backed politicians and ministers in Iraq who are corrupted.
climate chnage is a human made problem, they literally addressed it. the BBC wont politisise your opinions howveverbecause that isnt news
NO TREES >>> NO RAIN. The BBC keeps quiet about this. This is pretty basic
@@dochedgehog No, its not a political agenda. Climate change has an obvious role in this, the weather is hotter, but the water shortage is caused PRIMARILY by Turkey and Iran, Turkey daming the hell out of those rivers for their own benifit and strangling iraq, causing resource issues but also hygene issues. It's abhorrent. Long Live Iraq and Kurdistan and Turkey is the biggest joke in NATO.
I think you forget that Iraq is a land with less trees..and not lot of rain
and they farmed the land anyway
@@crazycutz8072 that is why climate change affects iraq first, because it is a delicate ecosystem which can be affected the growing of crops by only a small change in temperature, where as countries like Russia actually have something to gain from climate change as more land will become arable.. it’s not rocket science
I find this heartbreaking, fellow humans are enduring so much hardship, we cannot survive without water, those with the resources need to search for a solution.
The solution IS ! NO MORE BABIES.
This is really heart wrenching. For similar reasons me and my family had to sold our farm lands and currently we are in the urban area in a dinky apartment.
He’s right about getting outdoors, at age of 36, the only thing that makes me feel really happy is getting out in the beautiful nature I am surrounded by and occasionally, getting a good quality photo.
I was caught by the irony of him talking about 'breathing in the land' when so much of it was turning to dust.
I see everything in Iraq the same my country, but their business is better than my country. We wish all countries around the world have happiness and peace.
The real problem for his farm will be loss of topsoil due to wind erosion after the drought. Once that happens it will be effectively waste land.
When we remind us of this world's region as being the cradle of agriculture based on the wild cereals that originate in these lands and nowhere else...
...when we remind us of this, this is heartbreaking
@Emmanuel Macron wait what? Iraq’s drying up because of America? You know scapegoating the litany of Middle East problems as America is just so lazy & lacks nuance. There clearly is a multi factor reasoning behind it but to weaponise it and target America’s most persecuted minority the Jewish people is just irrational. It’s not only irrational, it’s hateful…
NO TREES >>> NO RAIN. Deforest a country and this is what you get. Feel no sympathy
@@spaliverpool71 Majority of deforestation was done by US forces, to fight resistance forces that were hiding in farm lands.
@@czystekurestwo you do realize that usa killed million of innocent Iraqi right? How disgusting can you become?Are you trying to justify USA’s actions? It’s the biggest war crime in 21 century. There’s not many factors in Iraq’s situation. Usa is to blame.
@700 K Desert culture. Got used to free rainfall down the rivers from other countries with forest areas. Now the dams came up. 70 - 80 C soon. Ooops
And in other BBC news, someone has paid $1.5 million dollars for a secondhand pair of trainers belonging to a chap who dunks balls into a net for a living. No one has yet come forward to explain why.
Will be like buying something from ebay you didn't really need and putting it a cupboard, pointless!
Yes that is crazy, what is the world coming to.
That were probably made by a slave, in chyna
Not a woman in sight. Why? only on the credits after this fabulous documentary
My homeland 😥 Unfortunately, most of these problems are due to random policies in Iraq and poor management of the country.
And climate change.
And the western invasion.
@@katiedid1851 climate change is largely an excuse being used - it will become more serious in the future.... but then think.. Iraq's power generation comes from oil and gas and has quadrupled since 1980.. so they bring all this on themselves.. no sympathy for the stupid
@Elma Wilson you are correct about your observations about governments... but the problem is too many people believe what politicians say to get elected and in many countries, you have religion mixed with the government - and that is the most toxic of all...
@@bloodfiredrake7259 Think it was a reason for it though. I dont think nukes was the reason (But certain the excuse to invade). But basically USA was allied with Iraq during 1980s, because of fear of revolution in same way Iran had in 1979, so they aided Saddam Hussein with weapons.... well until he invaded Kuwait "Some argue it was to remove debts from war with Iran". But basically this is when USA and Iraq didnt see eye to eye anymore. I honestly think they simply went to war because of that threat probably. Afghanistan was another issue due to training jihadists (which ironically was a culture that USA created to fight communists) interms of political jihad. This is not to say Islamism hasnt existed before that. But it overall would bite them in the ass is all. But chaos of war of ideas is a interesting thing
See how extremely valuable water is. Yet we waste it in many parts of the world without blinking an eye. Sadly, it only going to get worse.
Peace…
The major reason for the problem with water in Iraq and the Tigris river flow slowing down has to do with the Turkish Government and the dam; another reason is the infrastructure in Syria that the waterways lose much of the water before it gets to Iraq…
A massive hydroelectric plant and impoundment dam located in Turkey's Southeastern region. The waters that will soon back up behind the Ilisu Dam and will transform nearly 90 miles of the Tigris and another 150 miles of its tributaries into a vast reservoir that will submerge nearly 200 villages and displace an estimated 80,000 people.
One of the biggest of the project’s 22 dams and 19 power plants.
Most of the other hydropower projects have already been built on Turkish rivers, including up and down the storied Euphrates River, which flows roughly parallel to the Tigris before joining it north of Basra, Iraq to form the Shatt Al-Arab River.
Turkey, Syria and Iraq depend on the Tigris-Euphrates river system for their food and water security.
The headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are located in Turkey and join in southern Iraq to form the Shatt al-Arab River before flowing into the Persian Gulf.
The Euphrates begins in the eastern Turkish highlands and flows into Syria where it is joined by two other tributaries that also originate in Turkey.
About 90 per cent of the water flowing in the Euphrates comes from Turkey, most of the remaining ten per cent originates in Syria and a very limited amount is added in Iraq.
Turkey reportedly utilises about 41 per cent of the water resources in its territory, allowing the rest to flow downstream to Syria, which loses 60 percent of its water resources to leaky infrastructure.
By the time the rivers reach Iraq a large portion of the water has been consumed.
The two lower riparians claim that Turkey uses too much of the region’s water, however, their management of water resources is hardly exemplary.
Take care and be true to your heart
With Peace and Divine Loving Consciousness
Sakinah
Thank you really informative stuff!
Not just climate change
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Peace be unto you...
Thank you for your kind appreciation...
I wanted to share more and the articles where I found them, but my posts were continously blocked by UA-cam...
There is a lot more information that I wanted to provide...
Take care and be true to your heart
With Peace and Divine Loving Consciousness
Sakinah
Thank you, I knew Turkey was building dams but how many.
@@zapfanzapfan
Peace be unto you...
The small part of the article that I quoted from mentioned 22 dams, which is in my post...
Somehow this information is being blocked by UA-cam's algorithmic process and since it is historical and educational; I am not sure as to the logic of why it is being blocked...
I could not even share the title or link...
Thank you for your kind appreciation...
Take care and be true to your heart
With Peace and Divine Loving Consciousness
Sakinah
Peace...
I will try sharing the information for anyone to use to obtain the entire historical events pertaining to this topic...
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*You must write the information provided to search the Internet*
*By Future Directions*
*"Water Governance in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin"*
Take care and be true to your heart
With Peace and Divine Loving Consciousness
Sakinah
Huge respect towards the traffic control man
a super man
His remembrances are heart-breaking. He must restore his land with native grasses n trees, rejuvenating old channels. This will prevent erosion, hold moisture in the ground, catch water, protect soil, bring back wildlife, cool his earth and in a few years, his land will be reborn and life will return to these ancestral lands. But first, the grasses n trees.
Respect for the Traffic Police guy. May Allah make his and his families journey easier.
Ameen
Ameen hope you guys can give relief from everything lots of love from Indonesia 🇮🇩 ❤️ 🇮🇶
Allah has some explaining to do
With all the fumes he's breathing in, every day, his life expectancy is not good.
@@barrysherwin3297 Agreed Bro. The least we can all do is pray for them.
I want to breathe in the air, while puffing away on a cigarette lol.
Lol he is going to change climate while smoking 🤣🤣🤣
People get hooked because nicotine is addictive. Our governments allow it to be sold, knowing it harms us. A sane species would not allow it's sale. If individuals planted tobacco for their own consumption, on their property, okay, but we must stop the sale of it. It is responsible for an unknown number of deaths annually. It calms people while killing them, making them pay for their own death. Ugh.
@@GuacamoleyNacho stop talking crap, nicotine is an adiiction developed by the habits you develop...no one is born with addiction to nicotine is a habit developed!
What an amazing man and amazing story. I feel sorry for those farmers. I hope things improve for them. Prayers from Canada.
He says he wants to breathe the land when he’s smoking a cigarette wow lol
wow lol a cigarette, he want to both breathe AND smoke wow lol
Shut up
You are too prude,
Get off your high horse.
@@solmomanand too loves the land but doesn't love his God given body/life smoking as he is. Why would God help those not willing to help themselves by showing appreciation for the life they've been given...thats if one believes in a Creator. He unconsciously or consciously is showing a total disrespect for the life granted to him. .. besides costs money to light up.... money that might be better spent elsewhere.
@@Pitcher902 let the one without sin cast the first stone. Do you eat fat or sugar, even though It's not good for your health? Do you drive a car which pollutes the air for others and yourself? Are you greedy with money and save it for yourself or do you use it all on charity?
Dude is living in a barren landscape in the middle of nowhere, let him at least enjoy a smoke
Turkey and Syria have dammed the euphrates and tigers river in many places which restricts water flow to Iraq
Water is a coolant
If the water was flowing then Iraq wouldn't be as hot.
Countries damming rivers that other countries depend on are the worst things of humankind.
lies, the documetary already pointed this out. temperatures are rising because iraq is destorying its greenlands in favour of housing, cheap shoddy housing
@@nikobellic570 also what a load of shite. this is happening world wide. the rest of us are trying to fix our own issues
@@dochedgehog your ignorance doesn't make it a lie.
It makes you uneducated.
Theres loads of documentaries about turkey and Syria building dams and stopping water flow to Iraq.
This is why iraqs marshlands and deltas have dried up.
All the information about it is on the Internet for you to view for yourself
@@dochedgehog Ethiopia is building a dam upstream on the nile which will affect Egypt.
China have dammed the mekong River which goes through 5 countries
Vietnam Laos Cambodia and Thailand have been affected by this.
Really impressed by the transitions and special effects. High quality work for sure BBC.
@TheGamingGuru.™️ keep telling yourself that bs
The temperature in the summer reaches more than 50 degrees blistering,'dryness and shortage water. Thousands of people left their homeland for extrem climate change, that is not just affect on terrestrial life but also on marine life.
Here in Uganda it can get to 25° C and it's hot, now how about 50 two times the average temperature in Uganda
Lord have mercy on your creation.
50 is fine to a certain point… when it goes over 50 it feels like an oven
If you was smart you would use solar panels to harvest the red hot sun and power. Freezers and air conditioning units with them.
@@paulc1903 I am not from Iraq; I am just talking about the heat
You need to account for humidity. I moved from the UK to Alberta, Canada and 40C in Alberta in the summer feels like 20-25C in the UK.
The way deforestation is spinning out of Ctrl, it can happen there too. NO TREES >>> NO RAIN
Iraqi summers are really hot.
I feel bad for our fellow policemen who is working in full uniform in those 50 degress
Poor people. I hope things will get better soon
Amazing work! I feel for these the Iraq's people, hopefully things will get better soon
I feel nothing 'cause NO TREES >>> NO RAIN
Dream on.
Awesome smile from Traffic Police
That dude directing traffic in Baghdad is amazing. I can barely direct traffic with better infrastructure helping me out and in 30 degree cooler weather
I just like how he keeps calm and makes jokes about traffic job going on in his dreams. Amazing man
The gentleman reminded me of my grandfather who was a proud jatt Punjabi the love for the land and the village must have had a weight and debt I just didn't get to experience and sadly in the near future will be selling the land... But I must say don't feel right to sell but I can't see another generation working it. Loved the video 🙏
This series is fantastic.
Btw, he meant 56 degree Celsius. Now that's real hot.
Thank you BBC for highlighting such an important issue. I am speechless!
They won't tell you this: NO TREES >>> NO RAIN
Really feel sorry for this situation
Start investigation how the river of Tigris is low. So it may solve in the future, and start getting more ideas to stop water shortage.
It is difficult to do anything for a river that got tens of dams in turkey ............ Ur-Dak, Ur, Ur-Uk, Urak and Iraq now becoming hellish place .....
Not only the dams. Also the fact that NO TREES >>> NO RAIN
@anonymous one And the fact there are no trees in Iraq doesn't really help
@anonymous one Yea we need to wipe out Turkey from the earth then (!) :D... Dude, this is not the only problem. Trust me, not the main problem too. The main problem is climate change and bad politics.(Deforestation, wild usage of water sources, CO2 emissions.)
Phase .Any of the states in which matter can exist : gaseous ,liquid,or solid .In a wave motion,the phase is the portion of the cycle already completed by the oscillation .The phase is expressed as an angle representing the part of the 02 radians,of 360 degrees,that make up one complete cycle .
Normally air temperature is measured in a wooden box in the shade, right?
Right. The +60 reading was of surface temperature.
Last July It reached 75 degrees Celsius under direct sunlight in southern Iraq Basra city
@@aymankadhim850 that isnt how you measure the temperature.
direct sunlight isnt a measure of how warm it is, also maybe find the person who said it was fine to have roads made of BLACK tarmac.
so so stupid
@@dochedgehog I don't really care how you officially measure the heat however I was very specific and clarified it was under direct sunlight and the reason why I take this type of measurement because alot of people in iraq they actually work under direct sun lights and when I see the temperature are reaching that much it scares me. hope you understand my point now : )
It seems like it's only about diesel and petrol cars. It's far more than this. All the cities covered in concrete and tarmac literally everything absorbing the heat. Trees are the reason we have the rain on continents. Why no one talks about growing more trees? I remember the roads were like tree alleys providing shade, shelter for wildlife, stopping soil erosion...
@anonymous one
Uhm thats old news
You just not so well informed.
and here I am complaining when it's 34C
It seems that each year gets worse for the entire world no matter where you look, with all the rivalries between countries and people of power makes us only able to hope for the best
Corporate greed will lead to the end of Mother Earth.
No sir. Corporate greed will end humans time on earth. The Mother Earth will do just fine without us.
@Greg Kanowitz I don’t own a car and probably never will. I live in Singapore which is a tiny place, and getting around by public transport is cheap and easy. Also a car is $$$$$ here.
I know that other countries, not owning a car is a preposterous idea. But EV and moving towards clean energy generation may eventually work. I wouldn’t be so pessimistic.
In fact corporate greed ironically is what might save us too. If there’s money to be made in renewables, then someone will go and do it.
@@avarmauk Correctly said..
@Greg Kanowitz What you just said, seems u r not even a teenager..Grow up..!!!...Think beyond Ur comfort zone..
@@avarmauk Public transport also uses energy. You're still part of the problem and in no position to moralize to anyone on anything. Blow off.
Thank you for showing us this
56, wow, I think 29c is unbearable. Mind you, humidity is high here! Unbearable! Not dry like there!
It was about 18 degree yesterday in Ireland....in November. I was going around in a t-shirt under green trees in Ireland in November. The world is defo getting warmer.
thank you for this well produced piece highlighting climate issues in iraq. been following world tempereture sites online in the summer being completely baffled by the dark purple tempereture colors over iraq, cities like baghdad and especially basra. it makes every other hot spot on earth look like a joke. feel for you over there and hopefully technology and imrpoved logistics and poltics can make it more sustainable.
Improvise, adapt and overcome. You were the original engineers.
I hope the Mesopotamian people find a way to overcome the water issue i pray 🙏
NO TREES >>> NO RAIN
Thank you we will maybe in someday but am sure not when America and Iran still there for Iraq.. you don't know how hard to even get work in Iraq so how about building whole country
60 degrees c?? I didn’t know that was even possible
It was interesting to hear about the temperatures. I wonder where they are being recorded. The official high for that area is 124°. Where I live in California the record high was 118°.
I'm sure that's farenheit. This was centigrade
14:03 broke my heart💔 ........ Babylon 🌾🇮🇶🇸🇾🇯🇴🇱🇧🇵🇸😞 ......it is hell and they still love it 🥲 ...... I will return to Irak after all it is my destiny and my damnation 😞
NO TREES >>> NO RAIN rather than waiting for Allah
Human overshoot will continue to be denied even as extinction closes in.
@anonymous one Turkey is a bigger threat to the world than North Korea for sure
Which country near give water
The documentation is incomplete. Need historical weather data.
These people deal with extreme heat with such grace.
NO TREES >>> NO RAIN. Brought upon themselves
Best BBC video ever watched !
Really?! They don't say that NO TREES >>> NO RAIN
@anonymous one Combined effect of No Trees & Climate Change
@anonymous one yes i agree forgot to mention that . It's purely because of the construction of thousands of dam uphill and ongoing construction of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam + the war torn state of the country
Have you tried the fmnr method to regreen the land ?
Nothing has changed it was like this before but got media attention now
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The Hour (day of judgement) will not come to pass before the River Euphrates dries up to unveil the mountain of gold, for which people will fight. Ninety-nine out of one hundred will die (in the fighting) and every man amongst them will say: 'Perhaps I may be the only one to remain alive."'
Another narration is: "The time is near when the River Euphrates will dry up to unveil a treasure of gold. Whosoever may be alive at that time, should not take anything of it."
this is like the last minor sign left to be fulfilled
I’ve heard somewhere that by 2040-2050, the river Euphrates will completely dry up and this news as well as the prophecy really does point to this happening within our lifetimes. But only Allah knows.
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September 22, 2016
"Turkey, Syria and Iraq depend on the Tigris-Euphrates river system for their food and water security.
The headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are located in Turkey and join in southern Iraq to form the Shatt al-Arab River before flowing into the Persian Gulf.
The Euphrates begins in the eastern Turkish highlands and flows into Syria where it is joined by two other tributaries that also originate in Turkey.
About 90 per cent of the water flowing in the Euphrates comes from Turkey, most of the remaining ten per cent originates in Syria and a very limited amount is added in Iraq.
Turkey reportedly utilises about 41 per cent of the water resources in its territory, allowing the rest to flow downstream to Syria, which loses 60 per cent of its water resources to leaky infrastructure.
By the time the rivers reach Iraq a large portion of the water has been consumed.
The two lower riparians claim that Turkey uses too much of the region’s water, however, their management of water resources is hardly exemplary."
Take care and be true to your heart
With Peace and Divine Loving Consciousness
Sakinah
My God as I am watching this,we are getting heavy rain fall here in Guyana..
Great documentary. Keep it up.
The country must invest heavily in desalination, water recycling, solar farms and other renewable energy projects, and growing drought tolerant crops. There is no single solution to managing and adapting to the climate crisis. Solar panels could save farmers by providing shade to their livestock and allow for growing many crops while leasing their fields to solar energy companies, profit sharing in lieu of a lease, or selling the solar generated electricity to the grid. The third option would require massive investment by the farmer, which in most cases is not a viable option. With abandoned farmland so inexpensive, renewable energy companies could simply buy land rather than leasing or profit sharing. To ensure farmer survival, the state must find a way of saving farmers by preventing abandoned farmland from being sold off and turned into solar farms. Once investments in desalination and water recycling begin to deliver water for irrigation its vital there is farmland available to begin growing crops and raising livestock again. Often times we look for the simplest and/or least costly method or option in order to meet demand. Doing so does not take into account future needs. Meaning if all of the farmland is sold off for other uses, it won't be available in the future. This pandemic has shown us, once again, the importance of having the capacity to meet basic needs within our own borders. Raising livestock and growing staple crops in vital for a nation to survive when faced with import supply disruptions. Iraq has suffered a lot. Let's not forget that suffering by taking measures to meet today's demand without thinking ahead. If ever war is brought to Iraq or imports cease, the nation must be able to feeds its citizens. The time to act was in 1990. If action is not taken now, much of the country will be swallowed by the desert. The retreating masses will flood into the already crowded cities. Or, worse yet, flee the country.
Desalination and water recycling provides the opportunity to build man-made lakes and reservoirs. These lakes and reservoirs will naturally cool the surrounding area. This is amplified with new vegetation and trees this water will nurture. Desertification can be reversed. Once barron land becomes an oasis for all to enjoy. Small man-made lakes would provide the state with revenue to invest in further water projects by selling the reclaimed desert turned into beautiful lake front land for the development of environmentally responsible estates. All of these projects will require massive investment. Investment the state cannot afford and must seek foreign investment to fund. The plan is not to build another Dubai..... the plan is simply to reverse the affects of the climate crisis for the beautiful Iraqi people. The country is growing rapidly. The growth rate of the population is far exceeding the states ability to provide basic needs of domestically grown food, water, sewage, and electricity.
Cheers!
Appreciate ur long writing
You're right. Unfortunately most countries are short sighted & only look as far as life time. It makes it that much harder when there's decades political/religious unrest.
My only advice for the farmers and all the poor people living there would be: run away, if you can. It's not going to get better and, if it's even possible, it'll get worse.
Special kind of stupid right here
Bravo! You spoke the truth. But, people doesn't want to accept the truth.
Yes you’re absolutely right. It will be very hard for them and we will see many many millions of climate refugees in coming years alas. And these are among the first.
But before this we need to stop having children. Now.
@@Hokage987 right wing American climate denier?
@@Hokage987 What planet do you hail from?
I barely survive in 30 degree weather, I would die there.
Heartbreaking on all levels.
*Baghdad's population has grown from 6.5 million to 8.6 million in the last ten years*
Meanwhile in India: Are you kidding me, that's insultingly low.
That's because Iraq war by the west has lead many to from nearing cities and towns to go to the capital
India stinky 🇮🇳😂🇮🇳💩
It's Baghdad the capital of iraq not the whole country and Baghdad is small when it's comes to land area compare to others Iraqi province
@@girlglass848 Bagdad is the largest and main city in Iraq
@@girlglass848 City size isn't determined by land size. It's determined by its population.
We are overwhelmed by the idea of progress. The attempt to build a modern world destroyed many precious things and left many people behind in a process. It is sad that the current paradigm that is used to fight climate change by UN and world leaders emphasizes jargon like AI and machine learning without really realizing what we have to traded off in order to build paradise modern world. Technology and progress should make people happier, I highly doubt that it would be the case.
It's more appealing to industry. Tech bleeds electricity, so demand for it skyrockets, which leads to short term solutions (more electric dams and power plants). One messes with the water's cycle and biosphere, the other with quality of the surrounding environment.
Some serious words.. "I've lost dear friends and loyal neighbors" anyone starting a conversation trying to help others is worth listening too if anyone
Odd that they would have a heat shortage in the desert.
Man-made deserts with deforestation. NO TREES >>> NO RAIN
I feel so sad for the land.
NO TREES >>> NO RAIN. Simples !!
@@spaliverpool71 lot of dams on rivers =no water = no planting=no trees
@@montzar492 The rivers only carry water from forested lands. Forget about the dams. There are many methods of planting with little water as well. But you guys are not industrious. Quite thick actually.
It's so true! And No one is prepared for that change and challenges that come with. Colony collapse is inevitable.
They have shortages of heat? In Iraq?
Standing on hot pavement is brutal as well, and definitely will drive the heat up. Not to mention the hot engines.
A very moving short documentary. We used to read from history books that Iraq used to be production house in agriculture courtesy to its beautiful flowing rivers but Alas what we humans have done to this earth .....
Iraq still has tens of rivers! My family has a lot of green lands on the Euphrates and it's still good for agriculture, the problem is that Turkey and Iran are cutting of these rivers!
@@mohammedkh4321 It's easy to blame. The problem is the humanity. Not just Turkey lol.
@@denizylmaz3363 No, sometimes it's very easy to blame the main reason and at this case Turkey and Iran are the reasons, the water come from Tigris and Euphrates from Turkey to Iraq down to less than 50% and from Iran less than 30%!
Babylon becoming hell after it was Eden
NO TREES >>> NO RAIN. Much warmer too. Enjoy
How are they still outside at 50 degrees Celsius ??
Well done video. Was Iraq at COP meeting?
Both Turkey and Iran have built dams on the sources of Tigris river which is the untold story behind this documentary. So it's not a direct effect of climate change on the farmers
And that Iraq's water infrastructure was obliterated by the west.
Such beautiful civilisations with their unique cultures and way of life now lying totally decimated and on top climate change havoc🙏🙏🙏😔😔😔
Ty
Hard to imagine they have a heat shortage
Solution simple, plant tree, consume less and using less than 20 km radius agricultural foods.
It is disgraceful the BBC keeps quiet about it: NO TREES >>> NO RAIN
Not that it is so easy growing trees in a desert. Ask the Chinese . . .
Simple to say that's for sure
Easier said than done when your neighbor is sabotaging your water supply.
Drought-resistant trees + Method to keep the moisture as they grow as young saplings
When I see them suffering I see cruel face of Mr Blair.
Funny that... I see the cold, insensitive face of the islamic freak who murdered so many innocent kids in Manchester. allah... god of love... islam, religion of peace...
And Goerge we bush
beautiful documentary!
Dang, I thought it was always dry and hot there lol. I guess things can always get worse. It's getting worse all over the world. South America is being hit hard with drought. I wish the people in charge would wake up and do something about it but they're too greedy.
The problem with the future, is that in the past, everyone was able to pack up the family and move to a better climate. Now, borders and passports will lock everyone into their own hell. Its going to be a very interesting 30 years coming.
Make it 8.
People will do the impossible for their families… refugees waves because of global warming are inescapable
It is sad for the Land of the twin Rivers that we read in the Bible and history texts.......climate change is real and time we act......the desert will bloom if we act judiciously!
Imagine London over 50 degrees?!
When this footage was filmed ? it's gonna be winter soon in northern hemisphere isn't it?
Maybe in July
I was in Iraq from 2008 to 2011, I rembemer these 55-60 C temperatures in July/August. Normally I went to gym at 8:00pm, when I was coming back from the gym at 9:30pm the temperature was still about 40+C which is unbelievable.
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If you love the land and its people? Go into the hills set a circle of stones stand in the centre to request a prayer for the long rain for the land to be rebirthed in the name of Allah-Elohim and rains will come. I am a weather Shaman, this will come to pass..
The best time to be awake during summer is early morning, 12AM-7AM.
Those are the coldest times you will get in the Arab heat of Iraq.
@@Moshimulations freely going to Iraq with personal security you should have been kidnapped
@@chinavirus841 Lmao, I had none lol.
They live in a desert what they expect ffs
They want their oil back
NO TREES >>> NO RAIN.
@@ggvgj2079 good luck with that lol
We have two rivers, you idiot!
But they are starting to dry up
140 degrees Bro. They bugging being out there.
Amazing to see Iraq in such a way. Heartbreaking to see what must often be a lush & productive place so hot and dry. We must get agri-voltaics going on a massive scale, would solve two problems in this case - reduce soil moisture evaporation and provide power for people. I fear in the longer term though many great rivers in Iraq and around the world are going to dry up in their entirety in the not so distant future.
@anonymous one And population, too many people sharing too few resources !.
@@barrysherwin3297 population growth is the elephant in the room no one wants to address. People in these climates have insane numbers of kids then are confused when resources are scarce
i thought they were just redirecting the water by the big players. its hot all the time its the dessert... getting off the plane is like getting a hot blow dryer in your face. and they dont use deodorant
NO TREES >>> NO RAIN
Who told you we don't use it? Anyway, you look down on us
It's no mystery some don't wear deodorant from Rabat to Mumbai and may smell of garlic, curry or onion bhaji on the bus. I've seen it all before Ha Ha