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This situation is worsened by the country’s energy policies; Iran remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels, with less than 1% of its energy coming from renewables, making it one of the highest per capita emitters of CO2 in the world. Rising temperatures and droughts threaten groundwater supplies—despite a booming number of drilled wells, Iran ranks fifth globally in groundwater depletion, with about 200 billion cubic meters of fossil water irretrievably lost.