At COP16 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification held in Saudi Arabia, participants of the ALLATRA delegation met with Narine Hakobyan, Deputy head of the Department of Soil and Underground Resource Policy in the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Armenia
The interview tackled critical topics, including:
🌍 Armenia's initiatives to combat soil degradation and drought aligning with COP16 objectives.
💧 The importance of securing funding to address the impacts of climate change and water scarcity.
This discussion is part of a series of interviews within COP16, showcasing global readiness for decisive action on the climate crisis.
Additionally, Armenia is set to host the Seventeenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), which will be held in Yerevan in 2026.