A 'wake-up call' for world

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 11, 2023 12:32 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq's rising temperatures and protracted drought are a 'wake-up call' for the world, United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk said in Baghdad on Wednesday.

Turk spoke to Agence France-Presse (AFP) during a visit to Iraq, which the UN says is one of the five countries in the world most touched by some effects of climate change.

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