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The Department of Environment of Islamic Republic of Iran was established in 1971 with the objective of protecting the natural resources of the country and supervision of sustainable development.The responsibilities of the Department of Environment include assembling the national environmental strategy, propogation of sustainable development, research on pollution sources and supervision on location of industrial units, environmental impact assessment of the country’s development plans, protection of rare flora and fauna species and protection of their habitats, and the wetlands. In order to make policies and harmonise the projects related to the economical developments and social progresses , with the objectives of the Department of the Environment, and also the achievements of the Earth Summit (Rio 1992); a Committee was established namely the National Committee for Sustainable Development . The Committee is staffed by fully authorised members representing ministries of Housing and Urban Development, Industries and Mines, Jihad-e-Keshavarzi (Agriculture), Energy, Foreign Affairs, Science,Research and Technology, Petroleum, Management and Planning Organisation , Department of the Environment and one of the members under supervision of the High Council of the Environment, the secretariat of which is based at the Department of the Environment. The UNFCCC was adopted in 1992 by the United Nations and entered into force in 1994. It provides the overall policy framework for addressing the climate change issue. The Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been on the World Wide Web since 1995. Information on the site is now more streamlined, making it easier and quicker to locate information.
The site provides the Parties, representatives of observer organisations and others interested in the UNFCCC process, with a non-stop source of news, data, information and documents. The Global Environment Facility was established to forge international cooperation and finance actions to address four critical threats to the global environment: biodiversity loss, climate change, degradation of international waters, and ozone depletion.
Launched in 1991 as an experimental facility, GEF was restructured after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to serve the environmental interests of people in all parts of the world. The facility that emerged after restructuring was more strategic, effective, transparent, and participatory.
GEF brings together 166 member governments, leading development institutions, the scientific community, and a wide spectrum of private sector and non-governmental organizations on behalf of a common global environmental agenda. WMO's activities contribute to the safety of life and property, the socio-economic development of nations and the protection of the environment.
The purposes of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) are to facilitate international cooperation in the establishment of networks of stations for making meteorological, hydrological and other observations, to promote the rapid exchange of meteorological information, the standardization of meteorological observations and the uniform publication of observations and statistics.
The Technical Cooperation Programme (TCO) is one of WMO’s programs which seeks to bridge the gap between developed and developing countries by the systematic transfer of meteorological and hydrological knowledge and information. In its efforts to bridge the technology gap between the national services of developing and developed members, WMO works with major international partners such as the UNDP, UNEP, GEF and regional development banks. Recognizing the problem of potential global climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988. The role of the IPCC is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change.
The IPCC completed its First Assessment Report (FAR) in 1990. Its Second Assessment Report (SAR), Climate Change 1995, provided key input to the negotiations, which led to the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. The Third Assessment Report (TAR) of IPCC was published in 2001 in three volumes, namely: Climate Change 2001; Vol. I: The Scientific Basis; Vol. II: Mitigation and Vol. III: Impact, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.
The IPCC also prepares Special Reports and Technical Papers on topics where independent scientific information, and advice is deemed necessary, and it supports the UNFCCC through its work on methodologies for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of the future generations.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), established in 1972, works to encourage sustainable development through sound environmental practices everywhere. Its activities cover a wide range of issues, from atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems, the promotion of environmental science and information, to an early warning and emergency response capacity to deal with environmental disasters and emergencies. As the UN's development network, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) helps developing countries build their own solutions to national and global development challenges through innovative programs and services. UNDP works worldwide to connect donor and recipient countries, private and public sectors, policy advice and program resources. UNDP focuses increasingly on South-South cooperation, enabling developing countries to partner with one another. Through dialogues, exchanges and online networks, UNDP helps governments and organizations share knowledge, build ties and create opportunities. In 1986, two years after initiating the EPA Risk Assessment concerning chlorofluorocarbons, John Topping, Joe Cannon and seven others founded the Climate Instutute, to serve as a bridge between policymakers and scientists around the world and dedicated to being the world’s foremost authority on climate change information, science and responses.
The Climate Institute has been in a unique position to inform key decision-makers, heighten international awareness of climate change, and identify practical ways of achieving substantive emissions reductions. This has been done through several different media including symposia, conferences, roundtables, and special briefings. The Climate Action Network (CAN) is a global network of over 287 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels.
CAN members work to achieve this goal through the coordination of information exchange and NGO strategy on international, regional and national climate issues. CAN has seven regional coordinating offices which co-ordinate these efforts in Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Europe, Latin America, North America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Climate Action Network's vision is to protect the atmosphere while allowing for sustainable and equitable development worldwide. Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE), a core project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), has initiated the establishment of a network of regional centres for assessing the impacts of global change, and their implications for the sustainable management of terrestrial ecosystems.
The objective of Impacts Centre for Southeast Asia (IC-SEA) is to assist scientists in the Southeast Asian region to build their own capacity in assessing the impacts of global change. To reach its goal, some of the the activities of the Impacts Centre include offering technical training workshops in modelling the regional impacts of global change; supporting research fellowship and equipment grant programmes; providing expert advice (personal briefings, summaries, impact assessments) for policy makers and resource managers about the potential impacts of global change in the region. The Climate Change Research Center (CCRC) is devoted to the retrieval and interpretation of global change records that document climate (response and forcing), biogeochemical cycling, atmospheric chemistry, unique atmospheric phenomena (e.g. extreme events, volcanic events, biomass burning) and the influence of human ctivities on our environment. This Center is developing a series of such records from atmospherically teleconnected high latitude (e.g., Antarctica, Greenland and Canadian Arctic) and low to middle latitude sites (e.g., Asia and North America) in order to investigate a variety of global change problems. The International Energy Agency, based in Paris, is an autonomous agency linked with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The IEA is the energy forum for 26 member countries. IEA member governments are committed to taking joint measures to meet oil supply emergencies. They have also agreed to share energy information, to coordinate their energy policies and to cooperate in the development of rational energy programs.
Their objectives are promoting rational energy policies in a global context through co-operative relations with non-member countries, industry and international organisations, improving the world's energy supply and demand structure by developing alternative energy sources and increasing the efficiency of energy use, and assisting in the integration of environmental and energy policies.
Today the IEA Secretariat has become the authoritative source for energy statistics worldwide. It also plays a leading role in the international effort to combat climate destabilisation, and stimulates the development and deployment of new energy technologies through a vast network of Implementing Agreements. People in Norwich had begun to talk about setting up a university in the city as long ago as last century, but it wasn’t until 1960, that the University of East Anglia finally got the go-ahead.
UEA’s academic thinking was distinctive from the word go. The choice of ‘Do Different’ as the University’s motto was a deliberate signal that it was going to look at new ways of providing university education. Recently, they were one of the first universities in Britain to introduce a modular, semester system for degree course.
In this site, you can find different projects about environmental researches as CSERGE. CSERGE undertakes policy relevant interdisciplinary research on environmental issues.
NGOs in Iran
Green Front of IRAN (GFI) was established in 1989 by four medical students in Tehran. GFI considered public awareness on environmental issues as its first and primary goal and started several programs in that way.Other programs pursued by GFI include family tours to nature, gatherings of Child and Nature, scientific seminars and forums, programs on international occasions like The Day of Earth or The Week of Environment and also tree plantation programs. GFI works as an intermediate institute to reflect the public objections on environmental problems to related state organizations like Municipalities, Department of Environment or the Organization of Forest and Rangelands. GFI believes in youth and has demonstrated as a real active and innovative organization by letting the youngsters take part in planning and decision making.
Tel: 021-874 15 86-7
Address: Azadegan Park, Resalat Highway, Tehran, Iran Youth Nature Protectors Organization (Green Voice) has been founded in February 1996 by environmental engineering students of Azad University (Tehran–North Branch). This NGO has been established to motivate research on environmental issues and public education for promotion of environmentally friendly culture among colleges and universities.
This society attempts to arrange seminars and meetings such as “Avaye Sabz” conferences and produce environmental achievement reports, mountain clean up projects and coordinating environmental safety workshops in collaboration with the Department of Evironment.
Tel: +98-021-235 30 51
Fax: +98-021-204 23 80
P.O. Box: 16765-1797 (Tehran, Iran)
Email: ava_e_sabz@yahoo.com Mountain Environment Protection Society is an NGO which has been founded in 1993. This society propagates sustainable mountain environment practices and “mountain management” projects among the public and policimakers. Their programs are cleaning the mountains, planting trees in the mountains, and development of 5-year plan (2002-2007).
Address: Mountain Society, 2nd floor, NGO’s Center, No. 42 Hashemifar St., Khark St., Tehran, Iran
"Let’s struggle to build a green Iran"
A non-governmental student organization from Azad University in Kerman, which was founded in 1999. This group started its activity by convening seminars on environmental pollution and opening photo galleries.
Participating in the green ecosystem exhibitions; organizing the First Seminar on Kerman’s Natural Environment and it’s threats at Azad University; holding workshops for students at several levels; participating in the World Environment Day; and publishing newsletters are their activities.
Tel: +98-0341-224 229
Address: Bazargani_e_Tohid, 2nd floor, Khajoo Cr., Adjacent the Oil Company, Kerman, Iran
P.O. Box: 76135-1674
This group serves as a means of social mobilization and provides services in the areas of waste reduction and recycling methods. This group also organizes “Gol Gasht”, an educational program, to enhance their members’ environmental knowledge.
Tel, Fax: +98-021-809 62 49
Address: Gol Afshan Business Building, South Gol Afshan St., Eyvanak St., 6th Block, Shahrak_E_Ghods, Tehran, Iran Green Desert Society is an environmental NGO, which has been founded in 1998 in Semnan to promote an environmental friendly culture for integrating women and specially the youth in social activities to preserve the green nature.
Convening classes on proper agricultural methods, participating in several seminars, associated with theatre groups on World Children’s day and organizing workshops in elementary schools in Semnan are their main activities.
Tel: +98-0231-332 73 51
Address:Reyhane Sabze Kavir Office, Women’s Cultural and Social Society, across from the City Hall, Ostad Motahari St., Semnan, Iran. Zirakzadeh Science Foundation is a non-governmental and non-profit organization founded in 1993 by the late Ahmad Zirakzadeh, a respected figure in the recent history of Iran.
The foundation is managed by a director under supervision of a board of trustees. The Foundation's goal is to create centers for the propagation of science and technology to children, young adults and all those interested in the sciences. The Foundation seeks to provide opportunities for hands-on experience and first-hand observation of scientific principals and technological advances.
In order to better conduct its educational mission, the Foundation hopes to create a permanent science museum similar to those located in the world's major cities.
Tel: 021-878 92 70
Address: No. 112 Vanak St., Apartment 304, Tehran, Iran Postal Code 19919 This society cooperates with other active NGOs in gathering information about environmental pollution and convening seminars and conferences. Also by producing educational films, posters and several catalogues, this group attempts to improve public awareness on environmental challenges.
Tel: +98-21-204 52 66
Address: No. 11, Second Alley, Sepahbod Gharani St., furthur up the Mahmoodie, The end of Valieasr St., Tehran, Iran
For more information about environmental NGOs and the civil society in the Islamic Republic of Iran, you can contact the Public Participation Office at the Department of Environment.
Tel: +98-21-880 22 05
Address: No. 187 Nejatolahi St., Tehran, Iran P.O. Box 5181, Postal Code 15875
Or you can view their site: www.irandoe.org
2002, Iran's Climate Change Office, Tehran, Iran
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