Background The climate change fact is intensive among the Middle East countries and
especially Iran. Among the Middle East countries, Iran will experience an increase of 2.6° C …

Being the second-largest country in the Middle East, Iran has a long history of civilisation
during which several dynasties have been overthrown and established and health-related …

Traditional, mainstream definitions of drought describe it as deficit in water‐related variables
or water‐dependent activities (eg, precipitation, soil moisture, surface and groundwater …

The objective of this study is to scrutinize the major drivers of energy consumption and
carbon dioxide emissions in an augmented model framework. The roles of eco-innovation …

Abstract The integrated Structure-Actor-Water framework (iSAW) was used to develop a set
of indicators to select an irrigation system according to its sustainability impact on …

Shifting from fossil to clean energy sources is a major global challenge, but in particular for
those countries with substantial fossil-fuel reserves and economies depending on fossil-fuel …

Global groundwater assessments rank Iran among countries with the highest groundwater
depletion rate using coarse spatial scales that hinder detection of regional imbalances …

Water scarcity affects 1–2 billion people globally, most of whom live in drylands. Under
projected climate change, millions more people will be living under conditions of severe …

Iran is currently experiencing serious water problems. Frequent droughts coupled with over-
abstraction of surface and groundwater through a large network of hydraulic infrastructure …

Iran is experiencing unprecedented climate-related problems such as drying of lakes and
rivers, dust storms, record-breaking temperatures, droughts, and floods. Here, we use the …