Climate changes and Iran's 7th development plan at a glance

Climate change scenarios, in terms of water resources and environment, do not predict a prosperous future for Iran. The main solutions for managing climate change are based on mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and adaption to it. Adaption to climate change is more beneficial and practical for arid and semi-arid regions, especially for developing countries. According to the IPCC 2022 report, Iran is, unfortunately, one of the few countries that have not taken effective actions at the strategic, political and planning levels in order to mitigate climate change. It seems that the involvement of the country's legislative/executive bodies in the issue of climate change adaptation is the most effective way to overcome the existing problems and shortcomings, and this is despite the fact that the draft of the 7th Development Plan seems to be silent on this matter and no separate chapter has been assigned to it. Since the climate change foresight is one of the main requirements of planning, the proposal and approval of the Iran's Integrated Climate Change Law, which includes the national action plan to promote adaptation to climate change, can make it possible to achieve the goals of the plan. Adaptation to climate change also creates new research issues in many fields, including agriculture and food security. Fortunately, this issue is included in the 7th Development Program Bill, with the aim of improving the productivity and effectiveness of research, emphasizing on academic research, including postgraduate theses. Evaluation of research topics is done in the communication line of the Ideas and Needs System: https://nan.ac. Studies related to Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change, which is almost neglected in national studies, is also a topic that can be considered in this research field.