Economic crises and unprecedented effects; eastern Syria and Iraq most affected by climate change

The preservation of planet Earth is an issue of interest to experts and researchers following this issue, which threatens the fate of the peoples of the world.

Despite the sensitivity and seriousness of this issue, the great Powers are now using this issue in their geopolitical conflicts, particularly between the United States on the one hand and Russia and China on the other.

Before a crucial moment and unprecedented implications

According to a recent United Nations report, climate change is the crucial issue of our time, and we are now facing a crucial moment. The global effects of climate change are widespread and unprecedented in scale, from changing weather patterns that threaten food production to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding. Adapting to these impacts will be more difficult and costly in the future if radical action is not taken now.

Glasgow Summit. Low Hopes

The latest round of climate change talks is being held under the auspices of the United Nations at its twenty-sixth session in Scotland this year.

t is an annual summit attended by 197 States to discuss climate change and what these countries and the world at large are doing to address and address this problem.

The Conference is part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, an international treaty signed by almost all States and regions of the world aimed at reducing the impact of human activity on climate.

This Conference is the 26th since the entry into effect of the Treaty on 21 March 1994. This year, the Conference is being held in Glasgow, Scotland's largest city.

About this summit, the Lebanese environmental expert, Wilson Rizk, said during a special talk by ANHA agency: "In fact, I expect no radical change through this summit, which I do not see as very different from previous summits such as those of Tokyo, Kyoto or others."

Climate change is triggering major economic crisis for people

On the impact of climate change, Rizk said: "The climate change that is currently taking place has a negative impact on the future not only of people who depend on agricultural wealth but also of other people in various economic or health fields."

He explained that global warming caused scarce rainfall and heat and consequently a shortage of natural resources from which low-income people lived, hence the major economic crises.

Iraq and northern Syria are the most affected by climate change in the world

The Berkeley Earth Environmental Monitoring Organization (Berkeley Earth) noted that temperature increases in Iraq and eastern Syria of 4.1 degrees’ Celsius mean that each year the temperature in this region increases by 4.1 degrees Celsius, while the natural and current rate of temperature rise in all countries is only 1.5 degrees Celsius every year.

According to The Washington Post, Iraq and eastern Syria are the regions around the world most affected today by climate change, meaning water and food insecurity in that region, where many agricultural areas become uninhabitable every year, and many residential areas become uninhabitable in that region.

The north and east Syrian food basket is among the world's worst affected by the drought crisis and water scarcity.

A British Independent newspaper journalist, Bell True, conducted a thorough investigation prior to the Glasgow summit. has highlighted the fears of farmers and residents in north and east Syria from next year, especially after the country experienced the worst harvest season ever last year, at a time when about 75% of agricultural crops have been damaged this year.

According to a study published by the Kurdish Centre for Studies, "as a result of the collapse of the agricultural sector and the decline in groundwater and surface water, as a result of the policy of building dams by Turkey and racist policies by the Syrian regime, Syria today is suffering from the worst drought in 70 years."

A report by PAX said that the mercenaries of Turkey built three dams on the Khabur River, which runs from Ras al-Ain to Tel Tamr and Hasakah then drains into the Euphrates River in rural Deir ez-Zor.

The report, which drew on fieldwork and satellite imagery, found that putting dirt berms on the Khabur River at a time when the region faced the driest summer was "an unequivocal example of the use of water as a weapon of war."

The report showed that the three dams exacerbated the consequences of the harsh drought in the region. "The impact of extreme heat is amplified by limited rainfall, which means that farming communities have less water than ever before and more time they need."

For its part, the study of the Kurdish Centre for Studies addressed: "The Khabur River has been depleted as have other rivers, lakes and dams throughout the war-torn country, leading to the deterioration of agricultural crops, the loss of livestock and the scarcity of safe drinking water."

The Euphrates River is the main source of drinking water for more than 5 million people in Syria, with levels gradually declining on Tishreen and Tabqa Dams southwest of Raqqa, which serve about 3 million people in northern Syria, in terms of electricity, water and irrigation. According to the competent bodies, the level of dams has fallen to what is known as the "scary level." This caused electricity production to stop and the water plants to be disabled.

According to the Kurdish Centre for Studies, "North and East Syria are among the points that may experience environmental disasters in view of the overlap of Turkish threats with the consolidation of the drought crisis, as described by Wim Zweinburg, who works for the Dutch Peace Organization."Bax "reflects a potential environmental collapse in north and east Syria due to drought caused by climate change as well as environmental damage associated with war, conflict, and water politicization."

Turkey's last concern is the environmental situation

Under the pretext of failing to meet his country's security demands, the head of the Turkish occupying state, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, refused to participate in the climate summit.

On Turkey's stance on climate change, Rizk said: "The Turkish Government is not as concerned about the environmental and climate situation as it is about the political situation that is imposing its actions, most recently international endeavours."

He added: "I do not believe that the international community and the Glasgow Summit will respond to any demand that is inconsistent with the policies of the participating Governments and those of the Turkish state, all of whose concerns are beyond the environmental interest."

Warnings of the gravity of the situation, and States are concerned only with their interests

A few days ago, the American - Iranian thinker and historian Hamid Dabashi warned against flouting regimes in the Middle East over the drought that is hitting Iran, Iraq and Syria as a result of global warming. The model of the traditional nation-State and its leaders had become a ghost to the nations, peoples and individuals. While the world is burning, the accounts of the existing authorities and their opponents in the region underestimate the drought crisis and the breakdown of food security. And in the end, the new generation is on the brink of extinction.

In his turn, environmental expert Wilson Rizk, warned of the seriousness of the situation as well: "The situation, in my view, is very serious and the crisis of climate change will continue globally as long as the decision makers of the major and industrialized private Governments are the polluting plants and companies responsible for the emission of greenhouse gases, the most important of which is carbon dioxide."

On the seriousness of these countries, Rizk said: "I do not see any seriousness on the part of the Glasgow Summit participants because they are not the decision makers, but rather the decision-makers of their Governments, which are dominated by material profit, especially industry, of which they are the only ones who are the big profit regardless of the negative environmental impacts."

In this context, the leader and thinker Abdullah Ocalan believes that "the destruction of the environment, the disruption of the global biological balance, the emptying of the Earth, the polluting of its surface and climate disasters" are caused by the capitalist system seeking greater profit.

Leader Abdullah Ocalan says: "The age of financial finance is the culmination of the devastation of the economy and society. We face a reckless monster that drags almost half of society into unemployment, turns the production of the means of annihilation into a major economic sector in the name of the armed and profit-only economy, has nothing to do with the necessary needs of society, destroys the environment and turns all the resources of nature and society into a source of profit."

What's the solution?
The thinker Ocalan, in his turn, has developed practical solutions to the impact of this dilemma, which concerns the fate of mankind. "The economic system of the democratic nation not only stops the brutal practices but basically reestablishes the control of society over the economy. The quasi-economic independence is the minimum of reconciliation between the nation-State and the democratic nation and any compromise or lower-level solution, which is a surrender."

Leader Ocalan asserts that "the semi-independence economic system stands in a spirit of public mobilization in the face of desertification, and considers it a mortal enemy of society and neighborhoods. He also announces the protection of the soil and afforestation of the environment as the most sacred form of toil. Profit and capital within the nation-state, for the soil and forest arenas are the holiest arenas of work in the democratic nation, as they have secured the life of society throughout history.

In this context, Ocalan adds: "Social life can continue to exist without capitalism and industrialism. It's impossible to continue without the land and the forest. "

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ANHA