Today, an additional 15 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become members of the Environmental Protection First (EPF) Coalition, which was founded in August of the previous year.
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2023 will be the hottest year in the history of observations, and the COP conference is being held at a time when countries around the world are facing the consequences of climate change.
The 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris saw the approval of the global manifesto "Agenda 2030," which includes the idea of "Leaving no one behind."
According to the Baku Urban Development Master Plan for up to 2040, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan on the penultimate day of the past year, currently the amount of water losses from the general water supply network reaches 48%.
If the trend of declining water levels in the Caspian Sea continues beyond 2023, the production capacities of ports, including the ports of Aktau and Alat, will be at risk.
Azerbaijan is making every effort to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) until 2030, including the international program on green transformation adopted in 2015.
Azerbaijan, together with experts, is discussing the issues of bringing Armenia to responsibility for damage to the environment of Karabakh during the years of occupation.
“Armenia has dealt a massive blow to our nature as a result of the activities of enterprises operating in Armenia and, at the same time, as a result of the
"We demand the cessation of the mining industry, which violates international environmental norms and standards and the rights of the region's population,” the Azerbaijani eco-activists said.
Nobody is saying that the steel mill in Armenia will not be built in compliance with environmental standards and requirements, within the framework of domestic legislation.
Armenian control of the area permitted Yerevan to use Sarsang as political leverage during the non-combat phases of the three-decades-long Karabakh conflict. In fact, by holding the upstream, main branch of the water complex, Karabakh’s de facto authorities could alternatively regulate periodic outflows of water or turn off the taps.
The non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in Azerbaijan have issued a statement against Armenia's project that will lead to a new environmental disaster in Arazdayan.
The agreement was signed by Azerbaijan's Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev and Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who was in the country on a diplomatic visit.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is looking for an Implementing Partner to assist with the development of a National Programme for Waste Management and a National Waste Action Plan in Azerbaijan, as part of the EU-funded EU4Environment programme.
In recent years, Azerbaijan has taken significant steps towards becoming a greener country. From investments in renewable energy to efforts to tackle internal ecological and environmental challenges, the country is making a concerted effort to protect its environment and reduce its carbon footprint.
It is therefore wrong to dismiss Baku’s arguments as purely a tit-for-tat war. Even while these protests are being questioned, the ecological concerns themselves deserve to be treated with the same seriousness and urgency as those in Armenia.
From 1997 to 2018 “Vallex”’s CEO Russian-Armenian oligarch Valeriy Medjlumyan owned and exploited Alaverdi copper smelter, Armenia’s second biggest copper plant enjoying protection by then Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan.
Environmental protests in the recent days by Azerbaijani eco-activists on the Lachin road are increasingly attracting attention from international community.
A regular meeting of the Working Group on Environmental Issues of the Interdepartmental Center under the Coordination Headquarters, established for centralized resolution of issues in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan, was held on Thursday.
In the past 30 years, Azerbaijan has achieved remarkable economic growth and welfare gains, transforming from a low-income to an upper-middle-income country that helps the poorest countries through contributions to the World Bank's International Development Association.
Iran also has been turned into a victim of environmental disaster committed by Armenia on Aras river
Environmental disaster caused by Armenia is a threat to the countries of the region. The list of these disasters is long, however we shall focus on one of them in this article. We shall talk about the pollution of Aras river by Armenia using Okhchuchay, as well the threat to Iran.
The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan is implementing a series of measures to clean the Caspian basin, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev said on
Mahir Aliyev, Regional Coordinator of the UN Environment Programme’s Europe Office and Coordinator of the Interim Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the
Leyla Aliyeva is sharing with us her opinion regarding the environment and global warming and what we can and should do to take better care of it.