Turkey will hold its first offshore wind Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) tender in the first quarter of 2027, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday. The tender will cover four areas in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s northwestern coast, near Saros Bay and the islands of
At an environmental conference in Turkmenistan, Uzbek Ambassador Ravshanbek Alimov announced the transition of regional dialogue to a more trusting and systemic level. For our republic, the Caspian Basin remains a key factor in stability and transport logistics. The climate in Central Asia is warming twice as fast as the
An international roundtable discussion, “Clean Caspian: Interregional Cooperation,” was held in Atyrau. At the Kh. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University, scientists, environmentalists, and activists from Kazakhstan and Russia discussed key threats to the region’s ecosystem: sharp sea level decline, climate change, water shortages, and biodiversity conservation. Welcoming the participants of the plenary
In May 2026, the 13th World Urban Forum (WUF13) was held in Baku — the first time the forum had ever come to our region. On the sidelines of the event, the SPECA Cities Forum — bringing together Almaty, Arkadag, Bishkek, Dushanbe, Ganja, and Samarkand — officially became fully operational.
