Green economy, the necessity of realizing ecological civilization in Iran

Liaghati, Houman; Mobarghaee, Naghmeh

doi:10.22035/isih.2025.5621.5211

Green economy, the necessity of realizing ecological civilization in Iran

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

Houman Liaghati ¹

Naghmeh Mobarghaee ²

¹ Professor, Environmental Sciences Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

² Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22035/isih.2025.5621.5211

Abstract

The chaotic state of the global environment indicates the inappropriate exploitation of nature by humans. Although the philosophy of creation finds meaning in balance and equilibrium, and this is clearly evident in environmental indicators before human intervention, the entry of humans and their interference in nature have created instability. Climate change, water, soil, and air pollution, reduction in biodiversity, severe changes in land use, and the intensification of extreme events are all due to humans' deviation and non-compliance with the laws governing nature. In recent decades, many efforts have been made to solve these problems in various countries around the world, and the emphasis on the need to return to the principles and system of nature was one of the most important of them. The term ecological civilization, which was first introduced in 1976 by Feature in the book "Conditions of Human Survival", has become one of the keywords for human return to the principles of nature in recent years, so that countries such as China, with a rich and nature-loving civilizational background, are trying to improve the problems and imbalances in the country's environment by reviving the traditions of their predecessors in preserving nature. On the other hand, there are strong beliefs about the need to transition from the current economy to a green economy based on vital relationships between the economy, society and the environment. An economy in which growth and development will not necessarily lead to environmental destruction. This article attempts to find out how to realize ecological civilization through the green economy. In this regard, by examining the civilizational background of Iranians in preserving nature, a suitable capacity for the transition to ecological civilization through a green economy in Iran has been suggested.

Keywords

green economy

ecological civilization

Iran

sustainable development

environment

Subjects

Ecological Civilization

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