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Iran envoy slams developed nations’ inaction against climate change
Mar 30, 2023 11:52Iran’s deputy permanent representative to the UN has slammed developed countries for failing to fulfill their international commitments concerning climate change, warning that extreme climate change can undermine the sustainable development of all countries.
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President Raeisi inaugurates mega water transfer project to save shrinking Lake Urmia
Feb 24, 2023 14:56President Ebrahim Raeisi has inaugurated a major project to transfer water to Lake Urmia amid hopes that the plan could ease environmental concerns about drying up of the lake in northwestern Iran.
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Iran calls economic terrorism ‘emerging threat’ to sustainable development
Nov 15, 2022 19:14Iran’s climate chief has denounced the Western sanctions on the Islamic Republic as economic terrorism, warning that such coercive measures are an emerging threat to sustainable development and hamper national efforts to improve the country’s air quality.
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Climate change threatens to destroy 'the things Americans value most’: Report
Nov 09, 2022 17:40The US must step up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next three decades as climate change exacerbates natural disasters and threatens water supplies and public health across the country, according to a draft report by the federal government.
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India's Delhi wrestles with 'hazardous' air pollution, primary schools shut
Nov 05, 2022 17:48Authorities in New Delhi ordered primary schools to shut from Saturday, and told schools to stop outdoor activities for older children as air in the world's most polluted capital had become a severe risk to health.
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At least 16 dead, hundreds of thousands evacuated as cyclone hits Bangladesh
Oct 25, 2022 13:56At least 16 people have died after a cyclone struck Bangladesh’s southern coast on Tuesday, razing down properties, snapping communications and power links, and forcing the evacuation of about a million people, officials said.
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Avalanche in Indian Himalayas kills at least 10; dozens missing
Oct 05, 2022 12:07At least 10 people have been killed and 18 others are missing after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas.
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China urges Europe to take positive steps on climate change
Sep 22, 2022 12:24Europe and other developed countries must take "positive action" to implement climate change goals as geopolitical uncertainties threaten to undermine their efforts, China's top climate envoy told his German counterpart.
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World in big trouble: UN chief warns global leaders
Sep 20, 2022 19:08United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antiono Guterres has warned that the world is in "big trouble," as he opened the largest annual gathering of global leaders at the UN headquarters in New York for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
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Dust storm uproots tents of flood victims already made homeless in Pakistan
Sep 13, 2022 16:05A dust storm in Sehwan town in Pakistan's Sindh province on Monday uprooted hundreds of tents pitched at roadsides by people made homeless by the recent floods, as a fresh spell of rains expected in the middle of the month begins to set in, officials said.