Vol. 1 No. 3 (2026): Issue 3 – 2026

This issue of the Journal of Climate Change & Sustainable Development Research presents four scholarly contributions spanning ecosystem-service assessment, urban climate resilience discourse, climate-impact modelling for reservoir operations, and resilience governance frameworks. The first study applies a spatially explicit InVEST-based framework, using land use/land cover data, to quantify carbon storage and habitat quality in a dryland reservoir–watershed system in northeastern Iran. The second adopts a mixed-methods, Socio-Ecological Systems (SES) approach, combining directed content analysis and scientometric analysis, to compare Iran’s urban climate resilience discourse with that of leading global cities, identifying critical gaps in climate finance, governance, and nature-based solutions. The third couples downscaled and Bayesian-averaged GCM projections (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) with SWAT and MODSIM models to evaluate how future climate change will affect the inflow and operational performance of Dez Dam and its capacity to meet downstream water demands. The fourth critically examines the UNDRR’s Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) initiative as a multidimensional framework for integrating disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, and sustainable urban development, drawing on a Context–Structure–Output model and comparative city cases. Collectively, these studies offer complementary methodological and policy insights for strengthening climate resilience and advancing sustainable development across ecological, hydrological, and urban systems.