The impact of environmental auditing on the environmental dimension of sustainable development (Applied Research on "Environmental Governmental Institutions in Iraq)

Abstract

The research aims to find out what is the environmental audit of environmental institutions and the goals
and objectives of the environmental dimension of sustainable development, and to link the essential observations in
the environmental audit reports of environmental institutions with the goals and objectives of the environmental
dimension of sustainable development in order to identify weaknesses and strengths in the activities of these
institutions. The research was applied to governmental environmental institutions in Iraq by linking the essential
observations with the goals and objectives of the environmental dimension of sustainable development, identifying
through this the most important points of deficiency and weakness in performance that could be avoided. The
research reached the most important conclusions, namely the weak contribution of environmental governmental
institutions to achieving the goals of the thirteenth goal of the environmental dimension of sustainable development,
as there is a delay in implementing the obligations of international environmental agreements. The research also
reached the most important recommendations, which are activating the role of environmental auditing for
environmental governmental institutions in achieving the goals of the thirteenth goal of the environmental dimension
of sustainable development, through implementing the obligations of international environmental agreements .