" #Iran must move its capital from #Tehran, says president as water crisis worsens"

'“Last year, the rainfall was 140mm, while the standard is 260mm; that means rainfall has fallen by about 50 to 60%...” Some recent estimates put the rainfall in 2025 at just below 100mm'

There's been assertions that the #climateCrisis #climateChange would lead to large scale migrations, and I fear it's just the beginning. Internal displacement now, cross-border in the decades ahead

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/02/iran-must-move-its-capital-from-tehran-says-president-as-water-crisis-worsens

@Nazani

it's not crazy or uncommon

#indonesia for example is abandoning #jakarta (for subsidence reasons mostly, not water supply issues per se, but rising ocean levels will matter for that problem too) and moving its capital to the island of #borneo:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/why-indonesia-is-moving-its-capital-from-jakarta-to-borneo

i worry about #mexicoCity #mexico. serious water problems there too

of course, the real solution would be to tackle #globalWarming

...decades ago

😩

since we didn't do that, what can #tehran do but move?

@Nazani

it's not crazy or uncommon

#indonesia for example is abandoning #jakarta (for subsidence reasons mostly, not water supply issues per se, but rising ocean levels will matter for that problem too) and moving its capital to the island of #borneo:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/why-indonesia-is-moving-its-capital-from-jakarta-to-borneo

i worry about #mexicoCity #mexico. serious water problems there too

of course, the real solution would be to tackle #globalWarming

...decades ago

😩

since we didn't do that, what can #tehran do but move?

" #Iran must move its capital from #Tehran, says president as water crisis worsens"

'“Last year, the rainfall was 140mm, while the standard is 260mm; that means rainfall has fallen by about 50 to 60%...” Some recent estimates put the rainfall in 2025 at just below 100mm'

There's been assertions that the #climateCrisis #climateChange would lead to large scale migrations, and I fear it's just the beginning. Internal displacement now, cross-border in the decades ahead

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/02/iran-must-move-its-capital-from-tehran-says-president-as-water-crisis-worsens