ATP hired temporary workers and partnered with volunteers young and old to
plant more than a quarter of a million trees this year, bringing the total to 5,216,500 since 1994.
BY KRISTINE HOVSEPYAN
YEREVAN—While last month’s Marrakech climate talks affirmed the world’s strong commitment to international climate action and pushed forward the newly minted Paris Agreement on climate change, Armenia Tree Project (ATP) continued its 22-year journey of greening Armenia.
Marrakech set out a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below two degrees Celsius and pledged to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. As we all know, trees are the most effective absorbers of carbon dioxide gas that is a major contributor to climate change.
By the end of 2016, ATP planted another 263,858 trees, bringing the total to 5,216,500 trees planted since the organization was founded by Carolyn Mugar in 1994. Beyond Marrakech, we are reminded that ATP addresses nine of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals including “Life on Landâ€
