The Iran Project - The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) announced that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will hostthe 2024 World Environment Day, highlighting the Kingdoms pioneering efforts locally, regionally, and internationally and leading initiativesto raise awareness and promote action for the protection of our environment. With a focus ...

UN News Centre- With the theme of this year's World Environment Day 'Connecting People to Nature' aimed at highlighting the well-documented physical and mental health benefits of being in nature, the United Nations is today flagging the vast benefits of such engagement, from food security and improved health to reliable water supply and climatic ...

On the 6th of June, UNESCO celebrated World Environment Day with the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and the Department of Environment. The event took place in Niavaran Cultural and Historical Complex under the theme of Environment, Youth and Social Participation, and brought together a wide range ...

Tehran, June 5, The Iran Project Managing Director of Irans National Environmental Fund has announced that China donated $3 million to the fund for provision of greenhouse emission control devices. China offered 3 million dollars to the Islamic Republic of Iran for reducing greenhouse gases, said managing director of Irans National Environmental ...

Every year on June 5, we commemorate World Environment Day and pledge to double our efforts to save the environment from ourselves. The environment and the life it supports arent doing so well. Our sense of entitlement has deluded us into believing that we somehow have more right to the planets resources than any other species on Earth, and that ...

On World Environment Day this year Iran has something to be happy about. According to the 2014 EPI report Iran has improved 34 steps from 2012 to rank 83 among the 178 countries that have been studied on how well they perform on high-priority environmental issues. With an overall score of 51 out of 100 Iran seems to be on the right path to preserve ...

Tehran, May 31, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday defended his moderate policy against consevative critics who are worried about changes in the country?s domestic and foreign policy. The President made the remarks in an address to the staff of Department of Environment on the occasion of the World Environment Week starting from May 31. Some ...

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) Irans Hassan Rouhani has said a religious state is good; however, the state religion should be discussed. Hassan Rouhani who was addressing a meeting of environmental activists and NGOs days ahead of World Environment Day in June 5, told the participants that a religious state was good, but he cast doubt on the state religions ...