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FAO highlights impacts of climate change on food security

EghtesadOnline: The Representation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the Islamic Republic of Iran observed the World Food Day 2016 at a commemoration ceremony at Vahdat (Roudaki) Hall in Tehran.
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Publish Date:17/October/2016 | 21:13

UN Chief urges governments to take integrated approach to food security

EghteadOnline: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World Food Day, 16 October 2016, urged all Governments and their partners to take a holistic, collaborative, and integrated approach to climate change , food security and equitable social and economic development.
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Publish Date:16/October/2016 | 10:12

Energy-Efficient Cooling Systems Will Help Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions

EghtesadOnline: As the world heats up, converting to energy-efficient cooling systems is a major way to curb greenhouse gas emissions and limit climate change , according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme and the International Energy Agency.
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Publish Date:19/July/2020 | 15:59

Tehran Gloomy, Polluted in January

EghtesadOnline: The increasing number of dilapidated vehicles plying the streets, ineffective remedial schemes, inefficient urban management and climate change effects have made living and breathing in an expanding and highly polluted metropolis like Tehran very difficult.
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Publish Date:04/February/2020 | 24:58

Iran Foreign Ministry Offers to Help Address Climate Issues

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Foreign Ministry is ready to offer diplomatic aid to help efforts aimed at controlling climate change and addressing its security, economic and social impacts, a top Iranian diplomat said.
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Publish Date:13/October/2019 | 07:11

Almost Out of Water

EghtesadOnline: Research conducted by Yazd University for the Majlis Research Center shows that climate change will convert semi-arid regions in the central plateau to arid zones and water shortages in both areas will exacerbate sooner than had been expected.
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Publish Date:02/October/2019 | 11:28

More Flooding More Draught: Climate Change Impact Discernible

EghtesadOnline: Iran registered 293 millimeters of rainfall since the beginning of the current water year in September. Precipitation in nearly 7 months rose 200% compared to the same period last year, and 65% over and above the annual average registered over the past half century.
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Publish Date:17/April/2019 | 14:28

Pope implicitly criticizes U.S. for leaving Paris climate accord

EghtesadOnline: Pope Francis implicitly criticized the United States on Monday for pulling out of the Paris agreement on climate change , praising it as a means to control the devastating effects of global warming.
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Publish Date:16/October/2017 | 11:33

U.S. isolated on climate at summit of world leaders

EghtesadOnline: Leaders from the world's leading economies broke with U.S. President Donald Trump on climate policy at a G20 summit on Saturday, in a rare public admission of disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation.
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Publish Date:09/July/2017 | 04:45

Jobs, Climate and Steel Highlight Trump’s Effect on the G-20

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump’s debut Group of 20 summit yielded a concluding statement covered with the U.S. president’s fingerprints. While the meeting was marred by clashes and vandalism in protests throughout Hamburg, inside the summit venue leaders largely avoided the incendiary – striking a deal on trade while agreeing to disagree on climate.
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Publish Date:09/July/2017 | 04:16

Merkel calls for G20 compromise as crunch climate talks start

EghtesadOnline: German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed fellow Group of 20 leaders to compromise at the start of talks on climate and trade that have pitted U.S. President Donald Trump against virtually every other country in the club of leading economies.
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Publish Date:08/July/2017 | 05:06

Google and Facebook Join Cities in Challenging Trump on Climate

EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Facebook Inc. are among dozens of companies that pledged their support for policies combating climate change following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris accord.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 08:47

World pledges to save 'Mother Earth' despite Trump's snub to climate pact

EghtesadOnline: China and Europe pledged on Friday to unite to save what German Chancellor Angela Merkel called "our Mother Earth", standing firmly against President Donald Trump's decision to take the United States out of the Paris climate change pact.
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Publish Date:03/June/2017 | 05:42

Trump pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal: source

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump will follow through on a campaign pledge to pull the United States out of a global pact to fight climate change , a source briefed on the decision told Reuters, a move that should rally his support base at home while deepening a rift with U.S. allies.
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Publish Date:31/May/2017 | 13:40