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Peshtiwan Al-Dawoudi
Peshtiwan Al-Dawoudi is the Iraq Country Director for Berghof Foundation, focusing on climate-security mediation and peacebuilding in Iraq.
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Jun 12, 2026
Iraq: Shrinking rivers, rising tensions and survival
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9:31Peshtiwan Al-DawoudiGUEST
We usually, when we engage with the communities, people never start discussing climate change as a topic.
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9:41Peshtiwan Al-DawoudiGUEST
So they start with the reality of how they're living and what the challenges they're feeling and they're experiencing on a daily basis.
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9:49Peshtiwan Al-DawoudiGUEST
And we can see that in the way they speak and the way they talk about their lack of access to water, the harvest failing, the pump being too expensive, or the water being too salty.
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9:59Peshtiwan Al-DawoudiGUEST
or that they have to buy water once more, specifically in agricultural communities.
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Nazanine MoshiriHOST
How do you even begin a conversation on coming together around these shared problems related to climate peace and security? How do you even start?