Why is Iraq running out of water? | People & Power Documentary
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2023
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Iraq is running out of water. It is the fifth most vulnerable nation to the impact of climate change, according to the United Nations. Temperatures have risen by more than 2.5 degrees Celsius (36.5 degrees Fahrenheit) since the end of the 19th century, double the global average. The impact has been particularly visible in the last two years. Water levels in the Euphrates and Tigris rivers have dropped by half. Iraq’s government blames upstream water use by its neighbours as the primary culprit but has been criticised for not taking any steps at climate mitigation or adaptation strategies. And many Iraqis say oil industry water use is just exacerbating the problem.
People & Power examines the internal and external factors contributing to Iraq's water shortage while shedding light on the government's response.
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why is the intro so cool? who made it?
The Islamic Barbaric rules demolished Iraq ..
The violent American TERRORISTS and war criminals unlawfully attacked Iraq and killed over 2 millions Iraqis and now, war criminal American oil companies are not only stealing Iraqi oil but Iraqi water as well. Please join me in exposing the true colours of these violent American TERRORISTS and war criminals and let us all pledge to boycott war criminal American companies, brands, and products; say NO to the TERRORIST STATES OF AMERICA.
3:25 take the oil, give us water
such a wholesome grandpa
the problem is, they need to inject water into the deep ground in order to take oil, they take both the water and the oil
@@huluqi3972 Grandpa SUCKLING, grandpa's wife DICKLING.
The last statement of him "If your family cries from hunger. Where will you go?", that's hit so hard 😭
Only people who had experience with hunger would understand the feeling 😭😭😭
What if the animals starve and cry. Don’t u feel for them?
The proper title for this documentary should be: " How Turkey is killing Iraq"!
that's not all true
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The Hour 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."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
Important topic and good discussion Al Jazeera.
Thank you for taking the time to watch our film and share your thoughts with us.
@@aljazeeraenglish Ya, hurry up & release part two!! 😥😘
Thanks for your interest. It will be released soon. @@SunnyWithNoChanceOfRain
Sadam Huseein always promised to blow up the dams on the Tigris and Euphrates, why didn't you cover that? @@aljazeeraenglish
Hi, find it here: ua-cam.com/video/Jmm_B-rKEAQ/v-deo.html@@SunnyWithNoChanceOfRain
I pray for my brothers in Iraq.
500 major dams in turkey!!! The reporter casually said this and moved on with the report
Well AL Jazeera is a Qatari puppet of the Turkish govt . Iran and Tukrey both steal iraqi water and land
Because it's true , because Turkey has almost 700 hundreds dams built around the country 😳
It's simply hard to blame this all on Turkey though.
This is an extremely complicated thing you'd have to unpack.
reported also said after that, that iraq has not invested on water project. some governments are good for themselves. crisis is 25% dams on foreign basins 25% climate and 50% no local government investment on any solutions. like oil companies dig deep wells. government can bound them to specific depths and make them participate in some scheme where their extracted water is also managed to near towns
because Turkish people want Iraqis dying thirsty
Another example of how western democracy isnt always the answer for everyone . The minister seems completely clueless , but wll keep his job as long as he and his colleagues make sure the oil taps never dry out for the west . It's like the Iraqi citizen is the last thing on their minds
your funny because corruption in democracy messing things up my friend!
For society with really have tribalism and secterian western democracy Will not work, cause people Will elected the leader who have same tribe/sect with them or from Ally tribe even though that leader is incompetent
I will never complain about weather in Ireland again
Thank you for the excellent, balanced and informative presentation. Such great people not being served well by their elected officials. This should be a problem easily addressed with Iraq’s great oil wealth.
Thanks for watching, dear Timothy. We appreciate your positive feedback.
the problem in general is islam
In Islam you would have more kids and more kids are more people which means that you have to get more resources and in this part of the world it is almost immpossibale
Same thing in Egypt, Algeria, Yemen, Pakistan or any other islamic country
@@user-uh8ro8iv2z You provided a thoughtful comment. The population issue should be manageable. For example, Iraq is approximately the same size as the U.S. state of California. Iraq has a population of 45.5 million, while California has a population of 41.3 million. Many parts of California have the same irrigation and water access issues presented to the Iraqi farmers. California directs revenue raised from taxes to address the issues. Iraq is the 4th largest exporter of oil in the world. There must be a lot of tax revenue that can be raised from the oil. I live in the U.S. state of Alaska. Nearly all revenue used to operate the state is from interest income resulting from invested oil taxation revenues. I would like to see much of the manufacturing presently occurring in China being moved to the countries you mentioned, especially Iraq. The added industrial productivity would also generate tax revenue that can be applied to the water issues.
@@timothybrady2749 it is true that the size of California is more or less than Iraq, however don't forget that California is one of the richest country in the world (i mean if you consider it as a country) while Iraq does not export so many goods except to oil. Iraq in 2000 was around 2o Million people and they double themselves in 2o years which means that the next 10-20 years will bring more death and civil wars in this region. By the way, Egypt 80 years ago was around 10 Million and now they are 110 Miilion and under the supervision of the Islam they will become 150 Million in 20 years from now. I believe that those Muslim countries need birth control right away because with climent changes and lack of resources they can bring disasters on themselves.
@@user-uh8ro8iv2z Yes. You make some very strong and valid points. Most Iraqi families I know do have approximately 3 to 4 children. This is only slightly higher than the average family size in the U.S. As you indicate, a consistent family size of greater than two children can dramatically increase a population over time. I was not aware how much population growth had occurred in Iraq and Egypt in just the past few decades. I really appreciated considering your comments. I learned from you as I did from the Al Jazeera presentation. Best wishes to your family.
This is way too depressing. May Allah help them. Ameen.
These people seem to never catch a break, do they? Hopes n' prayers
Even asking the kid to bring them water ... like of course its hot as hell your going to make sure we dont take it.
No we don't, u have no idea. Every day there is a new reality action movie that keeps us stressed and mentally drained
If in the tropics, river sources are drying up fast, I can't imagine the plight of desert lands.
Just goes to show you having money doesn't give you brains. These agricultural fields are needed for the country's survival and the government is too stupid and greedy to realize it.
Saddam's invested back then ¬hing later 😢
مشكلة ما إلها حل
مع الاسف هذا البلد الغني اللي كان متسيد في المنطقة يصير بيه هذا الدمار بسبب حكم العصابات والمليشيات الايرانية والاحزاب الاسلامية بكل طوائفها هؤلاء لم يتركوا زرعا ولا ارضا ولا ماء الا ودمروه اسفي على بلدي 😢
Nice documentary Al Jazeera
Thanks for watching. 🙌
Its sad, iraq and iraqis deserve better, the people of middle east deserve better, how uneducation, religon, bad leaders, corruption, killings, wars, oil, migeration,.....have taken our beloved lands into the dark ages, all in the name of god.
Meanwhile all golf states have got rich and powerfull, place where there was nothing there 50 years ago.
May God bless Iraq.
What did you mean by religion
Can you check that 'fifth most vulnerable' stat please? The source that is usually cited doesn't appear to make this claim (GEO-6 2019).
Many places around the World are experiencing similar water issues. Look at the desert Southwest in the United States. Cities such as Phoenix, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City etc. have all seen a huge increase in their populations over the past few decades and are now facing the reality of growing water shortages. Where it stops is anyone’s guess. Water conservation/education, better farming techniques, slowing down the urban sprawl in these cities can all help to preserve what limited resources there are. Israel has done an incredible job at this. Perhaps we all need to study what has been done there.
Israel is draining the dead sea, don't look to them for sustainability.
will the film be on the ar channel??
why is the intro so cool? who made it?
Frontier: People & Power! 🙌🏼
This is just so sad.
These people have been running these farms for generations upon generations.
They've dealt with invasions, brutality from foreign invaders and all sorts of instability. Now they're going to deal with this?
They will be in my prayers, these people don't deserve this. Hopefully the government figures something out for the efficient use of water in this region. Hopefully they also come to an agreement with Turkey where this water originates to allow larger flows.
This is quite literally heartbreaking. Watching this I legit feel guilty for the massive amounts of water I have. There really is no justice in this world.
turkey has no incentive to give them anything. iraq is weak and no longer has a stable regime or strong leader. they have no bargaining power here.
@@nvmtt1403 There is plenty of incentive if the Iraqi government can get it's act together.
@@williamdavis9562 such as? how does turkey benefit?
@@nvmtt1403 Turkey has some core interests in Iraq which would be served well if they had good relations with a stable Iraqi government.
Cross border attacks being one. Turkey is pretty oil starved, so some more oil pipelines would probably be beneficial for both nations.
Not to mention Iraq being a huge export market for Turkey.
I respectfully disagree that Iraq has no leverage on Turkey, I'd argue they have more leverage over Turkey than Turkey does over them.
@@williamdavis9562 mate have you watched both parts of the video? your solution to problems made by oil is.....more oil? Btw, turkey can get oil from Azerbaijan, especially now that armenia is out of the picture.
Turkey is a militaristic nation. They can take a few cross border attacks. It will take more than that for them to give up their monopoly on the two rivers.
yes, iraq is a major export market but that market is for the govt sector and army. These herders and farmers aint gonna buy cars or phones. Thats the point. Economically, these moves makes sense. Not morally.
They should cover the canals with solar panels..not only will that help generate electricity but it will also reduce evaporation of the water.
Palestine 🇵🇸 existed since time immemorial. 🇵🇸
Palestine 🇵🇸 is the winner 🇵🇸🏆. 🇵🇸
Allahu Akbar Allah is the greatest..
"What channel is this?"
"Aljazeera International" 😂😂😂
16:40 is hilarious
Are you talking about the “channel versus channel” part?!? That was hilarious! 😂😂😂
@@SunnyWithNoChanceOfRain yeah he was talking about the irrigation channel ....
What about under ground Water and management system.
Big problem.
I just had a flash back to South Africa
You need modern technology for irrigation
حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
This report doesn't appreciate the impact of war on Iraq. You compared Iraq to countries that have had stability. How can a country that has practically been at war have development plans?
Very sad😢
Arabs are wonderful people
Allahu Akbar Allah is the greatest
Would be nice if they stopped slaughtering each other for petty interests though.
looks like a lot of evaporation problems. Light material shades over those ducts, or something easy could work a bit especially in the animal regions. If the animals get their water, the rain will come sooner or later.
In DW documentary I experience that the native speakers language is spoken in English by any journalist as a result we can watch documentary easily because most of the audience do not want to bother to read the translation .... If aljazeera follow the same technique i think they will have more view in each every video....
NO we don't need that here
24:05 This may have been a misinterpretation of the son's age, as in Iraq the word "سادس" is used for both 6th grade and 12th grade.
lots of problems to tack to solve the issue. 1 is govement allocating resource in agriculture, 2 talk to the neighbors to release more water to them
God created every human in different era completely different nature
Sir, what channel shall we say this is?
Al Jazeera International. 😂
Why don't the Iraqi government build desalination plants in the area that borders the Persisn Gulf & maintain the Euphrates & Tigris better?
It's not cheap that's why
Just contact Israel.
I’m in northern Iraq, and that’s my exact thought, the Iraqi government keeps blaming it on bordering countries, why don’t they build dams along the rivers and prevent the water going into the Arab gulf and build a huge desalination plant on the coast. They’re stealing the money.
@@RP-fe8xoIraq just invested either 17 or 27 billion I’m not sure into a railroad from Arab gulf to Turkey which will then lead to Europe, ur telling me they have no money?
@@checkmate2861 😁😁Isrel will b0mb the sh!+ out of them
If there are no fish species, that lay their eggs in the Euphrates. then swim back out to the gulf. Iraq should dam the Euphrates, where it empties into the gulf.
why?
@@mbn9672 well for one, if you damn it where it enters into the gulf. you will increased the amount of water in the Euphrates, by backing it all up. Also it allows you to control how much water, enters the gulf.
It doesn't even have to be too big a dam. Plus you get a little electricity on the side.
The solution is simple, drip irrigation and industrialized farming
For this oil the foreign forces had come to Iraq. Whether u live or die it doesn't matter to them. They never came to free u from dictatorship, in fact Saddam was far better for Iraqis but most of them celebrated his fall... Look what happened to Libya after Gadaffi... Unless and untit Iraq does not come out of the sectarian divide and corrupt politicians and also from the influence of Iran and other foreign (Western) countries it will not progress....
May Allah help and bless Iraqis
From
India
this makes a sad reading..water is life. the oil companies should pay back to the communities by way of drilling boreholes or any other form of social coorperate responsbility that provides water.the country cant survive 100% on foreign agriculture produce..low as tomatoes.
It is responsibility of turkey to care It nabour countries. Water shortage is big problem in historic land of iraq 🇮🇶
its not one countries responsibility to take care of another country the only responsibility a country has is to take care of itself.
All iraq's water source come from turkey's mountains..
But They dont care about turkey.
Do they share sweet oil money with us? No
If you dig deep into this issue it's quite hard to blame Turkey.
1. It isn't really their fault that Iraq isn't using it's oil wealth to build proper water infrastructure. If they did, the water flowing in would be more than enough.
2. Aside from Iraq making zero investments into this they also expect to part with even more water which they use for electricity while at the same time terrorist organizations based in Iraq are continually attacking their infrastructure while the Iraqi government seems to do nothing about?
I'd imagine the Turks are more than willing to play ball on this issue, if some of their highly reasonable concerns are met. No one want (aside from the Iraq government) seems to want to see these people suffer.
@@williamdavis9562
If Iraq had proper water infrastructure, there is no guarantee water flowing in would be enough. Where did you arrive at this conclusion? Did you pull it out of your behind? Turkey's construction of the Elisu dam was a direct cause of a major decrease of water to Iraq, by more than HALF. It has caused drought in both Syria and Iraq, leading to conflict and war. Turkey has repeatedly failed to release water downstream, despite Iraqi authorities peacefully requesting a greater share of water. Iraq and Syria have asked over and over again for a water sharing agreement that would satisfy all countries needs. Turkey refuses. Any objective observer would conclude that Turkey is the belligerent party here. But clearly you are not objective.
The water minister is to old for the job and looks like he is part of the old corruption network.Throw him out and bring in a young energetic person who understands the importance of fix the water problem.
16:55 😂 what channel shall we say it is - Al Jazeera. Why are you stealing water, Al Jazeera?
16:52 lmao
What channel should we say this is?
Al Jazeera International.
No, this channel right here.
*points at water channel*
Life is a dream for the wise
A game for fool
A comedy for the rich
Tragedy for the poor
Noooo2...saddam Hussain done nothing to the country that's why they kill him...now they're more prosperous than before..😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 kudos Iraqi...
Don't give your strength to women
nor your loins, those who destroy kings.
Bs, woman are the best manage a country..
Clean water in need but reminds me of native Indian sacred holy lake being piped human raw sewage into it, sure healing and spiritual while stinky bacteria infested.
where?
@@RP-fe8xo Onondaga Lake
Sir what channel shall we say these ?
: aljazera international 😎😂
Where is the source of the Iraq water
turkey and Iran
What's important locally is that Amazon has enough fuel to bring us our stuff.
So sad..yet another reason I never use Amazon
😭 I wish the problems will be solved sooner than later 😓 💚 🇨🇦
If Iraq would have cooperated with the coalition, instead of embracing ideological extremism, tribal intransigence, and nefarious propaganda... they would be so much better off. There is still hope I suppose.
Facts.
what are you on about , and how does it justify this? are you saying we deserve to be punished? what coalition are you talking about the was an illegal mistake and no we're not going to accept being invaded so you may or may not help us make it rain , fool, so much general talk please elaborate ,what nefarious propaganda, what idiological extremism comes after right wing mentally ill war mongers.
@Assertiveekarma1909, So a nation is brutally invaded and destroyed.
And your contention is if only they were nicer to the people who came to their nation, destroyed their infrastructure and killed their children life would be better?
Are you insane?
The earth has always gone through massive temperature changes. We have had ice ages and hot as hell. However I still belive in Global warming from humans is one of the biggest threats.
Why iraq dont buy watrr from turkey?
May the Anthropocene (Pyrocene (?)) epoch make the Permian-Triassic extinction event seem like a minor footnote in the pages of Earths history. Hopefully, scenario SSP5-8.5 of the IPCC assessment comes to fruition and ends the Anthropcene. Enjoy what you can, while you can and pity the next 3 to 5 generations to come.
What Iraq needs to do is to invest in desalination plants, and to enact water saving laws why aren’t all that oil wealth being spent on finding a solution to this crisis?
desalination plants would have to be in the coast. you do remember what happened when they tried to get more coastline from Kuwait, right?
#SaveSoil is the only and only solution
I think best way to combat this is utilising resources sustainably like israel do with farming
Yes iraq is way behind israel in terms of infrastructures and technology but should start it immediately
They live in the desert, the government should have foreseen it
Water is also natural resource like petrol. Why are you putting blame on Turkey, they are using their own water which fall on their land. When Iraqi people found petrol under their land do they give it free to neighbouring countries. You are selling this why it is different for water then. Even Turkey is not making dams for profit, they are doing to ensure their population have enough
Euphrates and tigris water doesnt only belong to turkey, downstream nations have rights to the water
Israel is not sharing water with Palestinians? What do you say about that?
if you stop water flow to Iraq you will just bring in more of the refugees you love so much ;)
@@Suryoyoyoyo In the 1980s the a Turkish president made an interesting comment on this issue.
We don't tell you what to do with your oil, don't tell us what to do with our water.
I'd imagine the Turks could easily play ball on this issue, the trouble is Iraqi government seems to have zero interest in reigning in terrorist organizations based in Iraq which are constantly attacking Turkey. Not to mention the water they allow downstream is more than enough for everyone if Iraq decided to use some of it's oil revenue to make the water infrastructure more efficient.
You're literally blaming the wrong guys for the problem.
When forget & betray ALLĀH.....results ????!!!!
🌹🐔🌧️
i wish people couldn't be extreme capitalist
OMG, what can we say, maybe Allah went away to a very far distance, hope he will come back not too long. or if Allah let Iraq people die maybe he don't like them anymore.
Silly Iraqis! If they had not abolished the monarchy, now they could be more like Saudi Arabia
Watch your mouth. Iraqis have more backbone & character than most Saudis. They have gone through so much national-level trauma and still proved resilient. Please, for the love of God, the globe is watching Saudi Arabia piss on their religious identity while making love to the West. Saudi Arabia is responsible for the likes of Nicki Minaj performing in Dubai & Travis Scott performing in Egypt. A demoralizing society soon on the way under the false pretense of “Islam” & being the Islamic capital”.
More like Jordan. The Iraqi monarchy was Hashimite, enemies of the inbred Saud family.
I am sure they are missing saddam 😞
Well yea but America & britania were blood and oil thirsty
Long live president Bush and the United Nations 😋
reason why iraq don't have enough water is because turkey syria and iran has dammed those rivers
All creation is in distress. Unless Jesus returns soon, mankind will become extinct. The end of all things is at hand.
If god felt like they deserved water he would gift them some
İraq should share its oil with turks.
Then i believe, turks will share their water with them
The Turks aren't even asking for that much.
They simply want two things which are highly reasonable.
1. Iraq use some of it's oil money to build better water infrastructure to make water use more efficient.
2. Crack down on terrorist organizations based in Iraq which are attacking Turkey.
You can't be doing all these terrible things to your neighbor and then expect them to bend over backwards for you. The government in Iraq needs to shape up and tend to the needs of their people.
@@williamdavis9562 You've got the Turkish propaganda down. Nice job!
@@h.b.7104 I am not from either country I have no reason to do what you're claiming.
Many times people know things from reading up on it. You should try it sometime.