“At the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which will be held in Baku, the Caspian problem will be one of the main topics of discussion.”
The “Report” reports that Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Vugar Karimov told journalists at the “Caspian Festival” held in Absheron National Park within the framework of Caspian Week in connection with World Maritime Day .
According to him, the level of the Caspian Sea has decreased by 2.5 meters in the last 20 years:
“There are discussions about this on various platforms. One of the most active countries in the discussions is Azerbaijan, because Azerbaijan also suffers from this problem. Although the level of the world ocean has risen in the last ten years, the water resources in our country On the contrary, the level of the world ocean has decreased by 10 centimeters in the last ten years. In Azerbaijan, on the contrary, the effects of climate change are observed with the decrease in water resources of precipitation and water transferred to the country in recent years. 30 years. The forecasts are also alarming: according to the most optimistic figures, our water reserves will decrease by between 15 and 20 percent.
The deputy minister said that proposals related to the Caspian Sea will be presented at the COP29 event:
“Although the main topic is climate finance, one of the panel topics will be dedicated to the problems of the Caspian Sea. Various suggestions will be made on what steps should be taken to solve the problems of the Caspian Sea. Furthermore, if the reduction “is inevitably, we will discuss what adaptation measures will be taken.
