Under the generous patronage of the distinguished President of the University, Professor Dr. Ahmed Suleiman Hamad, the University of Fallujah, represented by the units of sustainable development, public policies and geographic information systems, and in coordination with the College of Applied Sciences, held a scientific symposium entitled “Climate change in Iraq between reality and ambition.”
He attended the symposium, which was held in the central hall of the College of Applied Sciences on the morning of Tuesday, April 30, 2024 It was managed by M.M. Iyad Fayyad, the Dean of the College, Professor Dr. Muhammad Jubayr Mahidi, and a number of directors of service departments in the Fallujah district.
As well as a group of the college’s employees and students. The symposium proceedings began with the recitation of a verse from the Holy Quran, followed by playing the Republican anthem, and then a documentary film prepared by the Department of Media and Government Communication that sheds light on the efforts of the University of Fallujah in the field of achieving sustainable development goals.
The symposium covered three main topics. The first topic, presented by Dr. Alaa Fayeq Habib, included a presentation on the impact of climate change on various aspects of life in Iraq, including agriculture, water and health, while Prof. Dr. Daham Muhammad Daham, in the second axis, the relationship between climate change and sustainable development, explaining the impact of the climate change phenomenon on the high rates of poverty in Iraq.
As for the third and final axis, M. M. touched on the relationship between climate change and sustainable development. Bakr Hatem Hammad referred to the cartographic representation of the Anbar Environmental Governorate’s population estimates for the period from 2010 to 2022.
The symposium aimed to shed light on the phenomenon of climate change and its impact on Iraq, and to discuss ways to confront this phenomenon and achieve sustainable development goals.
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