During a meeting with the researchers, His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Abd Yaser Al-Aboudi honored the researchers who won the award for scientific research on climate and its impact on security, stability and sustainability in Iraq.
Dr. Al-Aboudi stressed the importance of linking scientific research aspects to the requirements of sustainable development, whose objectives are distributed across the environmental, economic and social fields.
His Excellency reviewed that the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research pays intense attention to the contribution of universities in achieving the highest level of responding to the global development goals of the United Nations, which our academic institutions obtained competitive score in the Times Sustainable Development Ranking, which showed Iraq ranked seventh in the world.
Dr. Al-Aboudi added that institutions of higher education and scientific research possess visions and solutions embodied by specialists, including professors and graduate students, through solid scientific research to confront urgent challenges, especially those related to environmental and climate variables.
His Excellency continued by saying that the Iraqi government is interested in supporting scientific research with solid international publications
Dr. Al-Aboudi added that the Ministry adopts a special policy and a qualitative interest in scientific research by honoring researchers with sums of money and certificates of appreciation to encourage publication in international journals affiliated with (Nature and Science Journals) and ( TOP Journals in Shanghai Ranking).