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Climate change, pollution threaten Iraq’s ancient marshes

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A Marsh Arab man looks at a dry ground that was covered with water near Chibayish in southern Iraq © REUTERS
A combination of extreme heatwaves, water scarcity and pollution caused by oil extraction is creating a climate emergency in southern Iraq, where human rights activists like Jassim Al-Asadi are fighting to restore the region’s rich ecosystem.

Link between humans and the environment must be preserved

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A child sitting on a drying lake underneath an orange-coloured polluted sky. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS
The universal recognition of the right to a healthy environment is a critical first step toward addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution that demonstrates the power and possibilities of empowering the environmental justice movement.

Türk calls for climate action – now

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Everywhere – and especially in your countries – the climate crisis is generating profound and increasing threats to human rights. This is a matter of life and death. The dignity and the very survival...

“Young people have power:” Climate activist Saoirse Exton

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Climate activist Saoirse Exton during climate action © Pamela EA
Through Tik Tok, lawsuits and loudspeakers, a growing generation of young human rights defenders are taking the lead on climate action. Saoirse Exton, 18, is the youngest member of the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change.