This paper analyses the representation of climate change and environmental crises in contemporary Arabic fiction. It focuses, in particular, on two short stories authored by Iraq-born authors, “The Worker” by Diya Jubaili; and the "Gardens of Babylon" by Hassan Blasim, both included in the short story collection Iraq +100 (2016) edited by Blasim. Both stories participate in a wider dystopian trend in post-2011 Arabic literature, as they project a pessimistic view of the future. Besides, in both stories, the climate crisis plays an important role in the plot and interlaces with the question of oil resources in the region. The paper will highlight the shared narrative and aesthetic features: the interlacing of different temporalities, the mixture of realistic and fictional elements; the co-existence of human, non-human, and post-human characters; the link between the climate crisis, war, capitalism, and political and economic oppression.