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Iran calls on Afghanistan to allow experts to visit dam built on Hirmand River
May 19, 2023 04:03Iran once again calls on Afghanistan’s Taliban government to allow expert visits to a dam built on the border river of Hirmand, also known as Helmand, instead of issuing political statements.
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Iran envoy slams developed nations’ inaction against climate change
Mar 30, 2023 08:22Iran’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 11:26President 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 15:44Iran’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 14:10The 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 14:18Authorities 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 10:26At 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 08:37At 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 08:54Europe 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 14:38United 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.