Armenia faces severe water challenges due to climate change and needs immediate and long-term strategies to safeguard its water resources and ensure sustainable agriculture. A four-pronged approach is needed.
Armenia is highly vulnerable to climate change. Temperatures increased 1.230C between 1929 to 2016, faster than the glob...
By the decision of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Deputy Minister of Environment Gayane Gabrielyan was sent to the Republic of Korea (Incheon city) on September 12-17, 2022 to participate in the World Conference on Programming of the Green Climate Fund.
The forum was attended by deputy prime mini...
After fact-finding activities, the Ministry of Environment, on behalf of the Minister Hakob Simidyan, sent a letter to representatives of the diplomatic corps, international organizations and partners to once again draw their attention to the real danger of environmental disasters caused as a result of Azerbaijan's large-scale a...
Dear followers, friends & partners,
As you are aware, on Sept. 27th a full – blown war erupted between Armenia & Azerbaijan over Artsakh region, located in Southern Caucasus and continues to date.
The ongoing large-scale war is among major threats for the biodiversity of the region, which is defined by the leadin...
. The events will take place in a total of 17 venues throughout Yerevan from October 13th to 17th. This year, the SunChild Festival has moved from cinema halls to a wider variety of venues. The aim of this change is to make the events more accessible to the wider public and various target groups.
“One of the most importan...
As the summer holidays draw near, it's time to start holiday planning. However, you'll likely want to avoid the crowds.
Luckily, Mastercard has released a list of Europe’s top little-known — yet affordable — travel destinations to help you avoid the hoards on your next trip.
The list of 44 under-the-radar des...
Keeping brown bears is illegal in Armenia. For our '80 BEARS. SAVE THE BEARS OF ARMENIA' campaign, our NGO partner FPWC (Foundation for the Protection of Wildlife and Cultural assets in Armenia www.fpwc.org) has been tracking and documenting the location of brown bears. Illegally stolen from the wild and kept in tiny cages... at...
On June 2, at 10:15 local time, the RA MES Seismic Protection Survey Seismological Network registered an earthquake at the northern latitude 41.100 and eastern longitude 47.540 geographic coordinates (Azerbaijan, 60 km northeast from the city of Mingachevir), with 4.4 magnitude and 12 km depth.
The tremor measured magnitude 5-6...
To the Founders of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative
Members of Board of Directors of Ameriabank CJSC
Noubar Afeyan
Ruben Vardanyan
Dear Mr. Afeyan, Mr. Vardanyan,
Days ago we were surprised and disappointed to learn that Ameriabank CJSC signed a loan agreement with Lydian Armenia providing 24 million USD for gold extracti...
The United States will participate in advancing climate change research in the Arctic, a State Department official said, ahead of a summit of Arctic nations later this week where Washington’s commitment to tackling climate change will likely be questioned.
The administration of President Donald Trump, who has taking steps...
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Planned cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency are set to fall heaviest upon communities of color across the U.S. that already suffer disproportionately from toxic pollution, green groups have warned.
Pres...
Wayne Warmack is a contributor to Writers on the Range, the opinion service of High Country News. The owner and operator of Double W Ranch in Durango, Colorado, he retired from ConocoPhillips after a 27-year career in the oil and gas industry.
For almost three decades, I worked in the oil and gas industry, moving 22 times to jo...
Seals may experience hearing loss from underwater vessel noise, researchers at the University of St Andrews have said.
BBC news says: The study compares seals inhabiting the UK's busy shipping lanes to humans living in noisy cities.
Lead author Esther Jones said noise could affect how sea mammals such as whales, dolphins and s...
Recently the activists of GreenPeace Russia and “Environmental Patrol” were exposed to armed assault at their campsite located in Primorsk-Akhtarsky area, Krasnodar Region. They had arrived in Krasnodar region to extinguish fires.
“We were told to go back “to our America”. We were pulled out of the...
ABNORMAL RAINS BECAME THE REASON FOR DALDYKAN RIVER CASE
In response to the reports made by local media on September 6th regarding changes in coloration of the Daldykan river, situated in Norilsk Industrial area, Nornickel declares:
Nornickel has investigated the reasons for temporary color change of Daldykan river located in ...
Within the recent 40 years the that global material use has tripled over the past four decades, with annual global extraction of materials growing from 22 billion tonnes (1970) to 70 billion tonnes (2010). If this trend continues, they require 180 billion tonnes of materials by 2050, almost three times today’s amounts. Fas...
By 2030 climate change is expected to cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress. These data were presented at the World Health Organization (WHO) conference dedicated to impact of climate change on health, the UN official website says.
Climatic conditions such ...
How to ensure 'green' transformation of society? Sociologist, Managing Director of Institute for Political Ecology (IPE), Vedran Horvat presents the problem: 'green' transformation has been launched in the world. It should cover all aspects of our vital activities and people play the most important role in this transformation. W...
The countries of South Caucasus need new and innovative 'green economy', which can ensure the development of our countries and the adaptation to climate change. Political will is needed for its development in order to overcome problems connected with overexploitation and export of natural resources: moil in Azerbaijan, mining in...
RA Energy and Natural Resources Ministry has disseminated a clarifying statement on establishing 'EnergaImpex' CJSC, which says, 'As it's may be known, different transactions of gas and electricity exchange are implemented due to the arrangements reached between the Republic of Armenia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Based on ...
