ArmInfo.The National Assembly of Armenia at its February 9 session ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change According to Simon Papyan, the First Deputy Minister of Nature Protection Simon Papyan, the Agreement is signed on December 12, 2015.The Document is a logical continuation of UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change, which was ratified by Armenia in 1993, and the Kioto Protocol ratified in 2002. The documents set the greenhouse gas emissions reduction instruments, and quota liabilities for 39 highly developed countries of the World
The Deputy Minister stated also that the main source of greenhouse gas emissions in Armenia is the energy sector of the Republic, which share is 65% of all the emissions. Besides the negative impact on ythe atmosphere is caused also by the agriculture.