Climate change is one of the most important and complex environmental issues facing the world that demands a coordinated global response. The constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Twenty Year Vision Document, the set of “Major Environmental Policies” drafted by the Infrastructure Commission of the Expediency Council in January 2015 which was endorsed by the Supreme Leader of the I.R. Iran in November 2015, and the various Five Year Development Plans of Iran, have addressed various dimensions of this extreme challenge at various levels of policy and decision making at the national levels. At the international level the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as adopted in 2015, especially SDG number 13 calls for global action towards adaptation to and mitigation of climate change impacts.
