2025, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part A

Satellite channels' websites play their role in caring for environmental activities and raising awareness of climate change, which is one of the biggest environmental challenges facing Iraq at the present time, which requires activating the media in raising awareness, due to its impact on raising awareness of many natural phenomena such as the unprecedented rise in temperatures, the decline in water levels in rivers, and the increase in desertification that threatens agricultural lands and natural resources; From this standpoint, the environmental role of satellite channels' websites is essential in raising awareness in Iraqi society about the effects of climate change and the importance of dealing with these challenges seriously. The contents of environmental satellite channels' websites are an important means of transferring knowledge and information related to climate change. Through their various contents, whether visual films or talk shows, journalists and environmental activists are able to provide accurate and simplified information about the environmental changes witnessed by Iraq and the world through satellite channels' websites. In this context, the websites play a triple role: (educating youth, pressuring decision-makers, and stimulating community action) in Iraq, and there are many satellite channels' websites that have addressed climate change issues, but the impact of these sites is still somewhat limited. This research deals with the relationship between youth reliance on satellite channels' websites and awareness of the effects of climate change, and identifying the depth of the media in addressing these climate phenomena such as drought, soil degradation and flash floods. These phenomena have direct impacts on food, agricultural and health security of the population. The research is one of the descriptive studies that rely on the field survey method using a youth questionnaire by highlighting the respondents' answers regarding climate change.

The research reached results from us that the media enhances awareness and increases people's understanding of the challenges of climate change and the importance of the media in implementing the directives related to the necessity of rationalizing water use, directing youth towards the use of renewable energy, and motivating them to participate in local environmental initiatives such as afforestation or recycling campaigns. It also refers to the international efforts in which Iraq participates to combat the effects of climate change.