The world marked International Climate Day on May 15. Protecting the climate is one of the major global challenges facing humanity.
Climate change and global warming are accompanied by natural disasters, loss of human lives and settlements, declining crop yields, water scarcity, and rising disease rates.
Modern science still cannot provide a precise answer to how quickly catastrophic climate changes may begin if the Earth’s temperature continues to rise.
One of the main factors driving irreversible climate change on the planet is the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This issue was first discussed at the global level in 1992 during the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Representatives of more than 180 countries signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which established the general principles for state action aimed at keeping greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous human interference with the Earth’s climate system.
At the end of 1997, during the third Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention held in Kyoto, Japan, the well-known Kyoto Protocol was adopted. This international document obliged developed countries and economies in transition to reduce or stabilize their greenhouse gas emissions in 2008–2012 compared with 1990 levels.
Ten years later, in December 2007, representatives of more than 190 countries signed an international agreement on the Indonesian island of Bali, calling on world leaders to take the necessary steps to ensure that the industrial and commercial sectors reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
The contribution of every state is essential to achieving the common goals of protecting the planet’s climate. Armenia is not immune to the negative impacts of climate change. Although Armenia accounts for only 0.02% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the country is already facing serious consequences of climate change. Armenia has developed its climate policy aimed at both adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.
May 17, 2026 at 15:53