BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 11. Iran's installed
renewable energy capacity has increased from 1,250 megawatts to
more than 6,150 megawatts over the past two years, Iranian
President Masoud Pezeshkian said.
He made the remarks during his address at the 31st session of
the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (COP31).
According to him, despite sanctions pressure and limited access
to financial resources and international technologies, Iran
continues to implement measures aimed at reducing carbon emissions
and developing clean energy.
Pezeshkian noted that electricity generation from clean energy
sources exceeded 4.5 billion kilowatt-hours this year. This helped
prevent the release of approximately 25 million tons of carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere.
"These figures demonstrate that Iran has not abandoned its
national commitments to climate protection, even under the most
difficult economic conditions and amid war," the President
emphasized.
He also called on international organizations to establish
closer links between countries' climate commitments during
peacetime and their responsibility for the environmental
consequences of military operations.
In Pezeshkian's view, the international community needs to
document and assess environmental damage caused by military
operations, as well as develop compensation mechanisms.
Concluding his address, the President reaffirmed Iran's
readiness for fair international cooperation in the field of
environmental protection.
