In the aftermath of liberation from Armenian occupation in 2020, the Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur economic regions have been at the center of Azerbaijan’s plans to develop its renewable energy potential in cooperation with international partners.
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Because of the warm weather, the water levels in the rivers of Azerbaijan began to drop again. This is especially true for the Araz River, where the shallowing process began several years ago, when neighboring countries (mainly Turkey) began to build dams along the river.
Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) secretary-general Mohamed Hamel said “there is no one-size-fits-all model in the global fight against climate change.”
ClimateLaunchpad, the world’s largest green business ideas competition, co-funded by the European Union, invites companies from Azerbaijan and Ukraine to take part in the contest.
Okhchuchay has been subjected to Armenian ecoterrorism, President Ilham Aliyev said when receiving the newly appointed Special Representative of the President for Zangilan District.
The President of Azerbaijan stressed that Armenia had also been illegally extracting gold and other precious metals in Zangilan and other districts during its occupation of Azerbaijani territories.
Armenia abused deposits of gold and other precious metals in Zangilan and other districts. It savagely mined the Vejneli gold deposit in Zangilan, President Ilham Aliyev said when receiving the newly appointed Special Representative of the President for Zangilan District.
The Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan together with the relevant environmental agencies continues to work to identify the facts of damage to the environment, in particular to the ecosystem, caused by the extraction of quarry sand.
Azerbaijan celebrated Novruz last week, with festivities hailing water as a source and precursor of the re-birth of nature, and we were all reminded of how crucial water is in our lives.
Azerbaijan’s role as an energy producing and exporting country has long been associated with hydrocarbons. Since 1994 and the signing of the “Contract of Century,” the country has embarked with its international partners on the extraction and transportation of the oil resources of the Caspian Sea to international markets.
Not only did Armenians commit acts of eco-terrorism against transboundary rivers, but they also polluted our internal rivers throughout the 30-year occupation, says Rafig Verdiyev, Director of the Center for Hydrometeorological Research of the National Hydrometeorology Service of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan.
The success of a recycling scheme in Baku, Azerbaijan, is being seen as a blueprint for achieving buy-in for waste management in all corners of the world, says Mott MacDonald’s David Dray.
Environment is one of the key areas of concern for the entire international community in view of global climate change, land desertification, and shortage of clean drinking water.
When the Okhchuchay River runs milky white, it means there has been another dangerous incident. The waterway begins in Armenia, passing through lands rich for mining, then flowing into Azerbaijan, where it feeds into one of its main irrigation systems – contaminating the food chain and threatening a fragile ecosystem.
Azerbaijan is cutting out the plastic, banning the production, import, and sales of plastic swizzle sticks, forks, knives, spoons, plates and cups.
Qatari Society of Al Gannas recently successfully concluded the fourth edition of its campaign to release falcons back into nature in Azerbaijan, as part of its efforts to maintain biodiversity and protect nature.
The EU4Environment Action in Azerbaijan has launched its first calls for experts and interested industrial enterprises to join the Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) Demonstration activities.
For all the similarities the two phrases share, the terms "environmental security" and "ecological security" have different meanings, nuances and lexical subtleties. It is, therefore, important to establish the distinction between them. “Environmental security” is an unfortunate phrase because it refers to the “environment”, separating it from humankind, which leads to all kinds of mistakes.
Azerbaijan and British oil major BP BP.L have signed an agreement to cooperate in the evaluation and implementation of a project to build a solar power plant in the Karabakh region, the Azeri energy ministry said on Thursday.
To mark World Environment Day, the European Union, the United Nations Development Programme, and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan have together launched a drawing contest on the topic ‘#GenerationRestoration’. This competition is organised as part of the EU4Climate project.
The 230-megawatt utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) project will be developed by Masdar.
Here, Open Access Government discovers the environmental protection priorities of Mukhtar Babayev, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Masdar has announced the signing of agreements to develop a utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The 230-megawatt (MWac) project is the country’s first foreign investment-based independent solar project structured as a public-private partnership.
IRENA added that renewables’ rising share of the total is partly attributable to net decommissioning of fossil fuel power generation in Europe, North America and for the first time across Eurasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation and Turkey).
