In November 1971, at the request of the European Confederation of Agriculture, FAO's member governments supported the annual observance of 21 March as World Forestry Day. Since then many nations have adopted this practice.
The Atomic Energy Authority (AEA Technology plc) carried out the final report for the Study on the Integrity of the Clean Development mechanism (CDM) under contract for the European Commission.
Regional Environmental Center for the Caucasus organized a regional conference on "Utilization of Renewable Energy: Challenge and Opportunity for the Caucasus" in Tbilisi, Georgia, on March 1 and 2, 2012.
The Green Economy Report entitled Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication is compiled by UNEP’s Green Economy Initiative in collaboration with economists and experts worldwide.
UNDP-GEF Regional Project Teams Meeting on Energy, Infrastructure, Technology and Transport was organized in Ashgabad, Turkmenistan from January 30 to February 3, 2012.
WWF has recently published strategic guidelines for developing adaptation strategies for responding to the impacts of climate change on the forests of Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The publication has been prepared with the financial support of BMU through KfW.
Three South-Caucasus countries, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, and their representatives from the spheres of the academia, civil society, governmental agencies, the business sector as well as international organizations convened in Tbilisi, Georgia between the 10th and 11th of November, 2011 to the VII Annual International Conference of REC Caucasus on “Climate Change Adaptation – Challenge and Opportunity for the Caucasus”.
The International Scientific Conference on “Problems of Adaptation to Climate Change” took place on 7-9 November 2011 in Moscow, Russia. The conference was organized by the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring in cooperation with Russian Academy of Science, WMO, UNESCO, IOC of UNESCO, UNDP, UNEP, and UNFCCC.
Climate Change Program experts took part in Seventh Ministerial Conferance "Environment for Europe" held in Astana, Kazakhstan, on September 21-23, 2011.
Outputs of "Armenia - Improving Energy Efficiency of Municipal Heating and Hot Water Supply" UNDP/GEF/00035799 project are presented on UNDP Regional Center's web-site in "The Benefits of Energy Efficiency" article.
Weather in YEREVAN
| Radiation: | 16 |
| Humidity: | 89% |
| Barometer: | 669 |
| Geomagnetism: | |
| Day: | +4 |
| Night: | -7 |