On this episode of All About Money, Dhruv Tikekar speaks with Professor Kaveh Madani about the drivers of what he’s described as ‘water bankruptcy’ in the region. Madani is a Research Professor at the City College of New York and Head of Research Programme at the United Nations University in Dresden, Germany (UNU-FLORES). He previously served as the Deputy Head of Iran's Department of Environment and the Vice President of the United Nations Environment Assembly Bureau.

Growing water shortages in Iran saw thousands taking to the streets to protest, among other issues, the government’s mismanagement of the resource.

Madani highlights the role of agriculture in Iran's water shortage and describes how Iran’s governance structure around managing natural resource has shaped this existential problem.The episode also looks at how international sanctions against Tehran together with climate change have also made that problem worse.

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