United Nations: Caspian Sea water level drops over 2 meters in 30 years, threatening livelihoods in five countries.

The Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Anderson, warned at the first Regional Ecological Summit held in Kazakhstan on the 23rd that the water level of the world's largest enclosed water body, the Aral Sea, has dropped by about 2 meters since the 1990s, threatening the livelihoods of the seals in the Aral Sea and millions of people in the five coastal countries. By the end of the 21st century, the water level may further decline.