HISTORY
History and Progress of the IISCCIW (Summary)
Presented in reverse chronological order, most recent updates listed first:
Early June, 2008
The IISCCIW's website was designed and launched on the Internet (its contents authored
and organized by the founder, this writer, in Tucson, Arizona; sent via e-mail) by his
nephew, Mohammad Aghamohammadi, in Tehran, Iran.
Fall, 2007 to Spring, 2008
Traveling to California, this writer presented the initiative to several appropriate
departments and colleagues at the California State University (Fullerton) and the University
of California (Davis); And similarly, the proposal was presented (through phone and e-mail
contacts) to certain departments and colleagues at the University of Minnesota and the
University of Arizona, also securing significant expressions of interest in the IISCCIW.
Please see the “Support Letters” and the “Who we are” sections of this website for more
information.
Spring to Summer, 2007
This writer traveled to Iran, presented the initiative to several appropriate departments and
colleagues at the University of Tehran, the Sharif University of Technology (also in
Tehran) and to the Deputy Director of Iran’s Meteorological Organization, securing
significant expressions of interest in the IISCCIW. Please see the “Support Letters” and the
“Who we are” sections of this website for more information.
January 31, 2007
The idea of creating this initiative, originally called “Muslims and Global Warming
Initiative (MAGWI)” and subsequently re-named “Earth Muslims and Climate Change
(EMCC)” before finding its current finalized name as the “International Institute to Study
Climate Change in the Islamic World (IISCCIW)” occurred to Mojtaba Aghamohammadi,
a.k.a. Moji Agha (this writer), as he watched the documentary film “An Inconvenient Truth”
at the Gallegher Theater in the Student Union Building, at the University of Arizona in
Tucson, Arizona, the United States.
That evening, this writer drafted the initiative's original proposal, which then gradually
evolved, experiencing significant adjustments and modifications, on the following dates:
March 5, August 25, and October 18, 2007, and on February 18, April 12, and June 3, 2008.
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