• 2 months ago
The taps have run dry, and the wells are almost empty. In Arbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Babir hasn't bathed in weeks and impatiently waits for trucked-in water deliveries. The water levels of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers have plummeted and the UN now classifies Iraq as one of the countries most impacted by some effects of climate change.
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00:00I have been here for 6-7 years now, but I have not been able to do anything.
00:25We are the ones who are responsible for the water.
00:29It is the people who created this environment.
00:33The farmers are responsible for the water.
00:36Here, the water is not clean and our land is not clean.
00:40The water is not clean and the water is not clean.
00:44We are the ones who are responsible and we have to clean it.
00:48We have to make sure that the water is clean and clean.
00:55We used to earn 7,000 per day.
01:07But now we earn 220,000.
01:16I don't know what to do.
01:18I don't know what to do.
01:20I don't know what to do.
01:22What can I do?
01:24What can I do?
01:46I don't know what to do.
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