Achref Chibani News Today

Severe water shortages in Iraq are affecting the cultivation of the country's signature anbar rice. The lack of water is being caused by a combination of climate change and geopolitics. The World's Sara Hassan speaks with a farmer who can no longer grow the crop in southern Najaf province.

In a Q&A with MEP former fellow Achref Chibani, the interview discusses the aftermath of natural disasters in Libya and Morocco, the intersection of climate change, peace, and security, and the role of international cooperation, including the upcoming COP28 conference, in addressing these challenges.

Achref Chibani is a Tunisian journalist, researcher, and civil society activist whose core areas of focus are climate change, renewable energies, and human rights. He was formerly a visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Middle East Program and a Non-Resident Fellow at TIMEP focusing on climate change in the Middle East and North Africa region. His articles have been featured in various media outlets, such as the Arab Center Washington DC, Minority Rights Gr...

No country in the region is immune to climate change, but the effects are unequal and the solutions are unique.

Since signing on to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Pakistan has furthered its government’s partnership with China through the China-Pakistan