Pezeshkian Says Biodiversity Protection Can Serve as Peace Diplomacy

What happened: Mansour Pezeshkian said protecting biodiversity can be an important arena for peace diplomacy. Sources: Young Journalists Club (Telegram) and Defapress. He added that financing for biodiversity should be more accessible, fairer, and better matched to the real needs of developing countries. Source: Young Journalists Club (Telegram).

Pezeshkian said biodiversity protection could be a field for peace diplomacy and warned that environmental protection without sufficient funding, equitable access to technology, and capacity building will remain at the level of negotiations and resolutions. Source: IRNA (Telegram).

Separately, the president said at the leaders’ session of the 17th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity that saving the planet and protecting the environment requires common understanding of humanity’s challenges and responsible use of diverse solutions. He said the Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to share its scientific, academic and practical capacities to constructively cooperate with other countries. Source: Eghtesad Online (Telegram).

Also at the leaders’ session, the president said the international community should accept that countries under sanctions or facing military aggression should not shoulder alone the environmental costs of war and sanctions. Sources: HamMihan and IRIB News. Additional platform mentions: Baleh, Telegram, Rubika, Instagram. Source: HamMihan.