TABNAK, Dec 03: Iranian Minister of Agriculture, Gholamreza Nouri in a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Abbas Jabr Al-Alawi on the sidelines of the COP16 session discussed joint cooperation in tackling desertification.
From December 2–13, 2024, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will host the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations.
Dealing with desertification, speeding up related actions, and increasing resilience to drought have been defined as the meeting’s main agenda.
In August 2023, Iran and Iraq signed an agreement to implement joint pilot plans to deal with sand and dust storms in four provinces of Iraq and two provinces of Iran.
According to studies, eight large sand and dust storm hotspots stretching to 270 million hectares in neighboring and Persian Gulf countries are affecting Iran.
Regional maps show that Saudi Arabia produces the highest level of particulate matter, followed by Iraq, Syria, Kuwait, and the UAE, respectively.