Sayyid Al-Hakeem calls to dedicate attention to environmental reality, launch awareness campaigns
Sayyid Ammar Al-Hakeem, head of Al-Hikma National Movement, met the Minister of Environment, His Excellency Mr. Nazar Mohammed Saeed Amedi on 21/12/2022, and listened to His Excellency’s vision regarding the ministry and the ways to activate it. H.E. stressed the importance of coordinating with other institutions to ensure the success of the Ministry's work, due to the state of the environmental challenges such as desertification, pollution, and the lack of environmental awareness.
His Eminence stressed the need for environmental awareness and a comprehensive campaign from kindergartens to universities to promote the environment, how to preserve it, and the importance of benefiting from any effort in this direction.
H.E. also called for increased attention to the climate change file, which was part of the Government's program, and urged the Ministry to update its plans and programs and approve investment projects to address negative environmental impacts. H.E. stressed the Ministry of Environment to have a greater role in the Foreign Negotiating Committee with the upstream states for the Iraqi rivers and establish a negotiating team capable of restoring Iraq's rights to water resources based on international laws and customs. H.E. stressed the need to develop control and inspection mechanisms and coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Mayoralty of Baghdad to increase green spaces.