"Very hot weather was observed in Azerbaijan yesterday and today. Temperature was 37 degrees yesterday, which was a record indicator for June," Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev said.

Report informs that he spoke at the seminar held within the UN Public Service Forum.

According to the minister, such a high temperature has been recorded in Azerbaijan in June for the first time over the past 20 years : "We consider that it is a sign of climate change. The average temperature has increased by 1.4 times in Azerbaijan over the past 30 years. I think that it is a dramatic increase. The impact on other sectors of the economy is very high ".