Tehran to host conference on climate change

Tehran, IRNA- A seventh edition of Iran's International Conference on Climate Change is to start in the capital Tehran on Monday and will run for two days, according to head of the Iranian Meteorological Organization (IMO) Sahar Tajbakhsh.

Tajbakhsh said on Monday that the conference will host representatives from the World Meteorological Organization, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) and the Eco-Oceania Cooperation Organization for the Development of United Nations Disaster Information Management. 
She added that ambassadors, diplomats or representatives from Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Mali, Bolivia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Pakistan, Venezuela and Uganda will also take part in the conference.

The official, who also serves as a deputy transport minister, said that the conference will debate the phenomenon of climate change and its impacts on extreme weather conditions in the region and in the world.