The event gave the opportunity to raise awareness on the severe effects of climate change in Iraq and the need for action.  According to UN agencies, Iraq is the fifth-most vulnerable country to climate breakdown, affected by soaring temperatures, lack of rainfall, intensified droughts and water scarcity, frequent sand and dust storms, and flooding.

Planting and caring of palm trees in the garden of the National Museum was a symbolic choice made to amplify our message. The palm tree in not only deeply rooted in the ground, it is part of the intangible heritage of Iraq and deeply rooted in the overall history of Mesopotamia.

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