Climate change threatens Lake Sevan, top Armenian official saysJuly 16, 2019 - 14:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Climate change threatens Lake Sevan, Deputy Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said at a conference dedicated to investing in “climate economy” and energy efficiency in the context of implementing sustainable development goals. The event was organized as part of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). According to Avinyan, climate change radically affects the landscape of Armenia. "The most affected part from climate change is Lake Sevan. Rising temperatures created a situation, and now we face the possibility of losing the lake," said Avinyan. The country's largest lake is facing a serious threat from algae and falling water levels. Satellite images show almost half of the lake colored green. The Deputy Prime Minister said the Armenian authorities are now working on finding ways to solve the problem. "And first of all we are trying to raise the water level in the lake by about 6 meters," he said. Due to this, according to him, the level of cold water will be lower, which will allow to keep Sevan a lake at least in the near future. Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Partner news | Viva sees growing demand for cloud services In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud services Turkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks. Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |