Tehran, June 12, 2024 (MRUD NEWS)—The head of Iran Meteorological Organization, Sahar Tajbakhsh, met with the member of the Cabinet of Tajikistan accompanied by the members of the State Committee for Land Management and Geodesy of the Republic of Tajikistan yesterday in Tehran in order to exchange views and to confer on bilateral cooperation.
Pointing to Iran Meteorological Organization's technical capacities in engineering equipment, production of meteorological software and products as well as specialized trainings, Tajbakhsh said that Iran is ready to cooperate with Tajikistan in these fields.
Explaining the climate of Iran and Asia in 2023, Tajbakhsh said: 'Perhaps the most important issue that has affected the meteorological and climate information in the world today is the climate change and the resultant impacts'.
The latest report of the World Meteorological Organization on the climate of the Asia shows significant changes in the temperature and precipitation parameters, she added.
According to this report, many parts of Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, etc. have seen a significant increase in temperature compared to the long term. In addition to the temperature anomaly, the rainfall changes in Asia has also been significant.
Also, the level of snow cover in Asia have had important changes in the past year, including the decrease in the level of snow cover in the highlands of Iran and many parts of the region.
In the meeting, Tajbakhsh said climate change is very important for Tajikistan due to its natural glaciers as the increase in air temperature causes glaciers to melt and reduce their area.
According to international reports, 96% of the risks that threaten people are related to weather conditions, especially floods, storms, various types of wind, drought, etc., Tajbakhsh mentioned.
Further, she pointed to the plans of the United Nations to reduce the risks caused by extreme weather and said: The United Nations is trying to improve the management of weather crises by the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and countries are obliged to implement the Sendai Framework for climate crisis management.
One of the goals of this framework is to increase access to multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) to reduce the risk of disasters and access to weather information to protect people's lives and property from the risk of weather hazards.
By using multi-hazard models, the most dangerous and frequent hazardous events can be predicted in time and solutions can be devised for its management.
The Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development stressed that impact-oriented warning systems comprise four inter-related elements, only two of which are related to meteorology, and said: different layers of information are needed for these systems in order to be able to predict the impact of meteorological phenomena on different areas or structures.
Furthermore, the chairman of the State Committee for Land Management and Geodesy of the Republic of Tajikistan expressed hope for Tajikistan's close cooperation with Iran's Meteorological Organization in the near future.