
Al-Karkh University of Science participates in a workshop on climate change, desertification and food security
A delegation from Karkh University of Science, headed by the President of the University, Prof. Dr. Thamer Abdel Amir Hassan, participated in the specialized workshop tagged (climate change, desertification and food security), which was organized by the Central Bank of Iraq, in cooperation with the ministries of (Agriculture, Water Resources and Environment), and with the support of The Association of Iraqi Private Banks, and in the presence of the Assistant President of the University for Administrative Affairs, Dr. Kazem Al-Sahlani, and the Associate Dean of the College of Energy and Environmental Sciences, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Sudani.
The workshop included the presentation of several lectures by the ministers and the undersecretaries of the ministries, which drew a clear map of the Iraqi government's policy towards climate changes and taking the means of air conditioning to ensure the necessary flexibility.
The workshop presented a number of recommendations, most notably the need for cooperation of all government institutions and the private sector to confront the risks of climate change and desertification, raise awareness of taking official and societal measures, encourage the public to switch to using sources of electricity generation from renewable energy, and provide the necessary financial support to all sectoral ministries, with the aim of Rationalization of water use.