From Baghdad: The Arab Media Conference Redraws the Map of Environmental Awareness to Confront Climate Change

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The capital, Baghdad, continues for the second consecutive day hosting the fourth session of the Arab Media Conference. This exceptional event confirms Iraq's strong return to the Arab and international arenas as a center for dialogue and coordination on the crucial issues facing our nation.
This conference comes at a crucial time, following two Arab summits that addressed political and economic issues and challenges. It represents a strategic extension of those discussions, focusing on the pivotal role of the media in keeping pace with and analyzing these challenges, as well as providing space for the most important issue at the conference related to the challenge of climate change and guiding Arab public opinion towards comprehensive environmental awareness. The conference, organized by the Iraqi Media Network, is attended by broad participation from Arab and international experts and media decision-makers.
This reflects the genuine national desire to consolidate Iraq's position as an effective center in formulating contemporary media policies, particularly in the areas of the environment, security, and public health.
This conference embodies a shared Arab aspiration to redefine the role of media as a tool for development and to provide solutions to address climate change. It also demonstrates Iraq's natural role at the heart of the Arab world, culturally, politically, and media-wise.
Priority to Discussing the Challenge of Climate Change
Basil Al-Zoubi, Director of the Technology Department at the Arab Broadcasting Union, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "Holding the Arab Media Conference in Baghdad aims to discuss important topics in which the media plays a significant role in raising awareness of the dangers of climate change. This is a topic that affects all segments of society and the state, and is a sensitive issue that concerns national security, whether health, the environment, or society." He pointed out that "the Iraqi Media Network was keen to host the conference and focus on this topic," explaining that "holding the conference in Baghdad is part of the activities and interests of the Iraqi state after hosting the Arab Summit. This strengthens Iraq's role on the Arab and media scene in general in the field of environmental conservation and addressing environmental issues, thus preserving the security of individuals and citizens, both in Iraq and at the regional and Arab levels." He added, "The conference will certainly produce a set of recommendations, especially since there is a group of experts in various specialties and orientations from various countries around the world specializing in environmental, media, economic, and other fields. Therefore, the recommendations emerging from the conference must be highly applicable and implementable."
An agenda with important topics
For his part, Raed Al-Jubouri, Director of the Department of Arab Organizations and Federations in the Economic Affairs Sector at the League of Arab States, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The importance of holding the Arab Media Conference in Baghdad stems from its being held after two Arab summits: the regular summit and the development summit."
He pointed out that "the Iraqi Media Network's hosting of this conference is very important, especially given the importance of the topic being discussed, related to climate change. Furthermore, it is the first time that it is being held outside the headquarters of the Arab Broadcasting Union, in Baghdad, and hosted by the Iraqi Media Network." For his part, Abdulrahman Nasser Al-Obaidan, media advisor to the office of the Chairman of the Qatar Media Corporation, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The agenda of the Arab Media Conference is very important because of the topics it raises that are of interest to Arab citizens." He explained, "We are in our country today, among our brothers, and we have visited Baghdad several times, but there is a vast difference between yesterday and today." He continued, "We are witnessing clear progress in Iraq, and we congratulate the officials and wish Baghdad and the people of Iraq progress and development." He explained, "The Arab Media Conference is an important conference and one of the issues we focus on through the Arab League, whether through the Permanent Committee for Arab Media or through the Executive Council, to hold such conferences, given their importance, especially in light of the current situation in the region and the events taking place in the region and Gaza. We wish all our brothers success in this conference, and hope that it will yield recommendations that are of interest to Arab citizens in general and Arab media in particular."

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