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عدالت محیط زیستی: ضرورت نادیده گرفته شده گذار به آینده‌ای پایدار و دموکراتیک
کاوه مدنی: بحران‌های فزاینده محیط زیستی در گوشه و کنار جهان، نقش محوری محیط زیست و منابع طبیعی در فرآیند توسعه را بیش از پیش نمایان کرده است. با این وجود، موضوع محیط زیست در جنبش‌ها و مبارزات سیاسی کماکان جایگاهی جدی ندارد. از بین بردن منابع طبیعی و تخریب محیط زیست یک کشور در بسیاری از موارد غیر قابل جبران است، به افزایش نقض حقوق شهروندان و بی‌عدالتی دامن می‌زند، زمینه بیکاری و کوچ اجباری، ازدیاد تنش، اختلافات قومی و منطقه‌ای، جنگ داخلی و مشکلات امنیتی را فراهم می کند و در نه
The Middle East Needs a Water NATO
Meir Javedanfar, @MeirJa The Middle East needs a NATO-like regional pact whose mission would be to defend its inhabitants against one of the most serious region-wide threats: drought. In 2016, NASA confirmed the seriousness of this threat. That year, it published a 14-year environmental study of the Middle East. It found that during its research timeline of 1998-2012, the Middle East faced the worst drought in 900 years. Since then, the region’s drought problems have not impr
Preconditions to Solve Iran’s Water Problems
Iran is facing a severe water crisis as a result of the over-extraction of groundwater resources, poor water management, rapid population growth, and droughts. Our research shows that Iran is in a state of anthropogenic drought, referring to water scarcity caused or exacerbated by human activities. This type of drought is different from meteorological drought, or simply what we have historically considered drought, driven by a lack of precipitation. The main impact of anthrop
On Iran's Water Governance and the Need for a New Narrative
Our motherland, Iran, is facing a range of water crises. The depth and gravity of these crises urge inquiring how Iran’s waters have been governed and ruled. In this opinion piece, Iran’s water governance is framed through the water security discourse, the current dominant science-policy paradigm for water governance in the 21st century. Accordingly, some of the country’s key challenges in water governance are identified, and the need for reform is highlighted. While this re
Potable Reuse of Treated Wastewater: An Emerging Strategy to Protect Water Security
Water reuse: an ancient phenomenon naturally built into the water cycle Water availability is governed by the hydrologic cycle, also known as the water cycle, which is a natural cycle that many learn about as early as elementary science classes. The hydrologic cycle has worked in geologic time scales going back to the origin of life on Planet Earth. As implied, water has been naturally circulating through different stocks like the atmosphere, snowpack, rivers, lakes, oceans,
The Future of Iran
In this issue:
An Introduction to Addressing Environmental Conflict and Challenges in Iran Democracy and Good Governance, a Precondition for Realizing Environmental Justice in Iran The Climate of Iran: Challenges and Future Directions The Fourth Branch of Government? Democracy is the Only Way of Saving Iranʼs Environment Data-Driven Environmental Solutions An Environmental Governance System after Overthrowing the Regime On Iran's Water Governance and the Need for a New Narra
Iran Needs Smarter Leaders to Govern the Environment
In 1988 when I was a college freshman, my father, Sayyed Ahang Kowsar, who was the country's leading scientist on floodwater spreading for artificial recharge, handed me photocopies of a report about the emerging water problems in the Middle East. One of the countries mentioned in the report was Iran. Later that year, he briefed the prime minister and his cabinet members about what awaited Iran in a climate that was gradually warming up. Part of that briefing was based on the
An Environmental Governance System after Overthrowing the Regime
Iran is undergoing a tumultuous period, with people taking to the streets in response to the tragic death of Mahsa Amini. The protests have been met with a heavy-handed response from security forces, leading to numerous fatalities and mass arrests. At the same time, the population is grappling with the effects of worsening air pollution and a water shortage in many parts of the country. One major topic that is now getting hotter these days is the state of Iran’s environment.
The Climate of Iran: Challenges and Future Directions
Iran is prone to a range of natural hazards, including prolonged droughts that have been the focus of a majority of environmental studies. However, other phenomena caused by climate extremes, such as heavy floods, drying lakes, heat waves, dust storms, wildfires, and water pollution, can be equally important but often receive much less attention. The compound effects of such events have resulted in environmental crises, human migration, and conflicts at domestic and regional
Democracy is the Only Way of Governance to Save Iran’s Environment
For over 40 years of bad governance, the Iranian regime has caused extensive environmental damage, driven many distinct species to extinction, and suppressed its citizens. Is it too late to preserve and secure our nation's beauty for future generations of Iranians to enjoy freedom? Diverse habitats of Iran Located in West Asia, spectacular Iran borders the Caspian Sea in the North and the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman in the South. Despite the nation’s arid and semi-arid clim