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Rising sea levels smash homes of millions by 2050 31 Oct 2019

Rising sea levels smash homes of millions by 2050

Rising sea levels are on track to affect about three times more people by 2050 than originally thought. New research suggests that 300 million homes will be affected by coastal flooding in the next 30 years. And that number could rise to 630 million by the year 2100 if carbon emissions don’t decrease. New estimates […]

Fresh wave of ‘climate strikes’ around the world 29 Sep 2019

Fresh wave of ‘climate strikes’ around the world

Irannews quotes the story of climate strikes around the world told by Skynews. It comes a week after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets around the world, with demonstrations in Australia, Britain, India and the US against climate change. The “climate strikes” were inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg who gave a passionate […]

Iran to host 6th intl. gathering on climate change 17 Jul 2019

Iran to host 6th intl. gathering on climate change

The Council of Ministers has approved the road ministry’s proposal to host the 6th international gathering on climate change this November.

Iran to hold 6th Regional Conference on Climate Change 10 Mar 2019

Iran to hold 6th Regional Conference on Climate Change

Iran Meteorological Organization (IMO), affiliated to the Ministry of Roads & Urban Development, is planning to host the sixth round of Regional Conference on Climate Change in late 2019.

How is the world performing in the battle against climate change? 26 Jan 2019

How is the world performing in the battle against climate change?

Climate change has taken its toll on the environment worldwide and three years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement, global climate action is not yet sufficient to limit global warming to well below 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. According to the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2019 in the […]

‘Climate change impact on Iran doubles world average’ 26 Dec 2018

‘Climate change impact on Iran doubles world average’

 The effects of climate change on Iran has more than doubled on average compared to other parts of the world, while southern provinces of the country are more likely to bear the consequences, secretary of environmental policy at the center for strategic studies affiliated to the presidential office has said. “The Hoomand-Absard station in Damavand […]

Antarctica: a laboratory for climate change 01 Mar 2018

Antarctica: a laboratory for climate change

A decade ago, a thick layer of ice covered the Collins Glacier on Antarctica’s King George Island. Now, the rocky landscape is visible to the naked eye, in a region that is both a victim of and a laboratory for climate change. “I had the opportunity to come here over a 15-year period, and even […]