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2018-04-22 17:24
Celebrities, green activists demand Rouhani to cast light on case of detained environmentalists
TEHRAN — More than 700 Iranian celebrities and environmentalists have signed a letter calling on President Hassan Rouhani to legally shed light on the case of 13 environmental activists arrested on espionage charges some 90 days ago.
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2018-03-10 09:37
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
No waste: Want a change? start with yourself
Seeing garbage strewn around is a common scene for many of us while walking down the street to get to work or even during holidays when we are trying to spend a day out in the nature picnicking by the riverside.
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2018-02-24 20:18
Reducing consumption the sole solution for water crisis: Kaveh Madani
TEHRAN – The only solution for water crisis in the country’s current circumstances is to reduce consumption in all industrial, agricultural and urban sectors, said Kaveh Madani, the deputy environment chief for international affairs, innovation and socio-cultural engagement.
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2018-02-20 18:51
We have made mistakes in protecting the environment: Kaveh Madani
TEHRAN — The nature is a proof of the fact that we have made mistakes in protecting the environment and we have to put them right, Kaveh Madani, deputy environment chief for international affairs, innovation and socio-cultural engagement said on Monday.
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2018-02-07 10:38
DOE starting to promote ‘waste separation’ culture
TEHRAN – By establishing special bins for collecting dry waste in every room of its own offices, the Department of Environment tries to promote the culture of separating waste at source.
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2018-01-22 10:53
Iran’s environmental body takes unprecedented step in fight against plastic pollution
TEHRAN — In a bid for public engagement Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) has banned bottled water at the DOE offices and all other organizations affiliated with it nationwide.
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2017-12-17 07:33
Iran highlights sand, dust storms in Asia-Pacific Carbon Forum
TEHRAN — Iran has once again remarked the importance of addressing sand and dust storms on the international scale, ISNA reported.
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2017-12-13 11:56
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
‘We have damaged the environment and we have to do something about it’
Environment has no boundary: Kaveh Madani
TEHRAN — No political boundaries matter when it comes to the environment, said the Iranian deputy environment chief Kaveh Madani.
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2017-12-10 09:29
Intl. environmental co-op must be fair, not hampered by sanctions, politicization
TEHRAN — We strongly believe in the fact that environmental problems are trans-boundary and trans-generational, and need to be solved through effective international cooperation mechanisms that are fair and not hampered by economic sanctions and politicization, Iranian environment official Kaveh Madani has said.
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2017-11-22 08:36
Iran proposes inclusion of water-related issues in COP 24
TEHRAN — In its country statement at Bonn Climate Change Conference (COP 23) Iran has proposed the inclusion of the issue of water in the agenda of COP 24.
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2017-09-18 09:02
Kaveh Madani appointed Iran’s deputy environment chief
TEHRAN — Renowned Iranian scientist and environmental activist Kaveh Madani was appointed on Sunday as the deputy for international affairs, innovation and socio-cultural engagement of the Department of Environment.
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2017/08/08
By Kaveh Madani and Shirin Hakim
Trump’s new world order inadvertently making our planet great again
As the U.S. pulls out of the Paris agreement, environmental governance might transform to deliver commitments
Arguably one of the most unexpected events since the onset of the Trump administration’s unconventional policy reform is the United States backing out of the Paris Climate Agreement, severing alliances with world leaders tackling climate change.
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2017/07/03
By Ali Mirchi and Kaveh Madani
Can Iran lead a global fight against dust storms?
High-level international delegations meet in Tehran to discuss anthropogenic dust bowls as a global environmental threat
In the last two years, the UN passed four resolutions on sand and dust storms in an attempt to facilitate a global political will to tackle this pressing environmental problem.
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2017/05/17
By Ali Mirchi and Kaveh Madani
Will Iran's next president care enough to put the environment first?
Four years ago one of the candidates in Iran’s presidential election made himself popular by promising to save Lake Urmia, one of the world’s largest saltwater lakes that was on the cusp of disappearing. Now, President Hassan Rouhani proudly recounts that promise, citing Urmia’s current state as an environmental success story made possible by prudent decision-making. Recent intense rainfalls and subsequent floods have come to Rouhani’s help, earning Urmia a spot on the catalogue of the accomplishments of his administration.
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2017-04-22 13:22
Iranian scientist receives ASCE's prestigious Huber Prize
Dr. Kaveh Madani, Centre for Environmental Policy, will receive the Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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2016-12-26 09:39
By Shirin Hakim and Kaveh Madani
Dreaming of blue skies: Tehran’s battle for clean air
A deep-seated look at the perplexing love-hate relationship Iranians share with their alarmingly polluted capital city
Tehran’s wet streets provide temporary relief to millions who have been tolerating unbearable levels of pollution. In today’s Tehran, precipitation is associated with romanticism and blessings, washing away polluted skies briefly before reality sets in again. Pollution has plagued Iran’s capital for years, manifesting in various health problems amongst locals, closing of schools, and transforming daily activities into questions of life and death.
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2016/05/07
Water crisis in Iran: A desperate call for action
Drying lakes and rivers, declining groundwater resources, land subsidence, water contamination, water supply rationing and disruptions, forced migration, agricultural losses, salt and sand storms, and ecosystem damages are the modern water-related issues of a nation which was once recognized as the pioneer of sustainable water management.