Azerbaijan

It takes only 90 days for the average Canadian to produce as much greenhouse gases as the average Azerbaijani will produce over the course of the entire year.  Therefore, March 31st (ninety days into the year) is "Climate Change Impacts in Azerbaijan Day."

The impacts of climate change are already being seen in Azerbaijan.   Changes already occurring include “increasing temperatures, shrinking glaciers, sea level rise, redistribution of river flows, decreasing snowfall and an upward shift of the snowline,”(WWF 2008).  Within the last 10 years there has also been an increase in extreme weather events, such as flooding, landslides, forest fires, and coastal erosion resulting in significant economic losses and human casualties.

For more information on climate change impacts in Azerbaijan, see WWF’s report, Climate Change in Southern Caucasus: Impacts on nature, people and society.