Iraq's prime minister on Sunday announced a campaign to combat the severe impacts of climate change on the water-scarce country, including by planting five million palms and trees. Oil-rich but war-battered Iraq suffers from extreme summer heat, frequent droughts, desertification and regular dust storms, problems that are all exacerbated by a heating planet. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said his government was launching "a grand afforestation initiative, which includes planting five million trees and palm trees in all governorates of Iraq". Sudani also cited "efforts to preserve Iraq's rights in the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers"
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