Holding the first national webinar on social work and climate change

According to the Fars News Agency Welfare and Social Injuries Group, the world weather is in an emergency situation; Global warming due to the consumption of fossil fuels has led to the formation of unprecedented and severe climate models, and unfortunately, there is still no single political consensus on how to respond to climate change emergencies. However, we should know that people will not react quickly so that they do not consider anything as an emergency, which of course requires a clear stance of politicians against climate change.

“Mohammad Nasiri,” the Deputy Minister of Culture and Social Affairs of the Welfare Organization, on the eve of the first national webinar on social work and climate change, said: “What we are witnessing today tends to minimize the problem in the world; Few Iranians know that the environmental crises of recent years in the world and in the country are due to the excessive consumption of fossil fuels and global warming.

The Deputy Minister of Culture and Social Affairs of the Welfare Organization of the country, asking why welfare has become sensitive to the phenomenon of climate change ?, said: This is important due to the goal of the organization to achieve social justice; Because the lower deciles of society and vulnerable people are more affected by climate change, those who have the least responsibility for climate emergencies and use fewer resources are more affected by the negative consequences.

According to this official, the loss of capital, the destruction of houses, the loss of jobs, the involvement in social crises, etc. are the imposed consequences of climate change for these people, and a large number of victims of environmental crises enter the cycle of support institutions, including The welfare organization and the relief committee are supported.

Nasiri mentioned social justice as one of the principles of social work and concluded: In recent years, the International Social Welfare Association pays attention to the environment, and since 2018, the phrase “environment” has been included in the slogans of World Aid Day, and in 2022 The slogan “Helping to build a new social world that is environmentally friendly” refers to the prominent role of social workers in social action and the development of communities to improve the state of nature.

It is reminded that those interested in participating in the first national webinar on social work and climate change with the presence of the Deputy Minister of Culture and Social Affairs of the Welfare Organization on March 15, from 8:30 to 14:30 via the link https://alzahra.acecr.ac.ir / fa / page / 6838 to act.

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