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UNRCCA PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY ACADEMY ANNOUNCES APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025 COHORT

UNRCCA sees youth engagement as the key to making preventive diplomacy more effective. Youth Initiative: In 2019, UNRCCA launched a Preventive Diplomacy Academy (PDA) for young people in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Objectives of the Preventive Diplomacy Academy: UNRCCA is building connections with the region’s youth, creating a culture of conflict prevention. Preventive Diplomacy Academy tasks:

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February 22, 2025
Regional News

In Tashkent, water management specialists from Central Asian countries discussed aspects of sustainable water use

Representatives of Turkmenistan took part in a regional workshop for Central Asian countries on the results of the third reporting cycle, the use of such data as a tool for developing transboundary cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2). The meeting was held on 12-13 February in Tashkent and brought together water sector workers from five Central Asian

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February 21, 2025
Tajikistan

EDB: Tajikistan needs $1.7 billion to modernize water supply and sanitation infrastructure

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has published a new analytical report that provides a diagnostic of the drinking water supply and sanitation infrastructure in Central Asia. The bank’s specialists have concluded that the financing gap needs to be significantly reduced for the sustainable development of water supply and sanitation in the countries of the region,

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February 21, 2025
Global News

Call for participants: ESEH 2025 Summer School in Environmental History

Call for participants: ESEH 2025 Summer School in Environmental History Anthropocene Histories KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden August 25-28, 2025 The ESEH and the Centre for Anthropocene History at KTH Royal Institute of Technology are inviting applications for the 2025 ESEH Summer School to be held in and around Stockholm on the topic

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February 21, 2025
Global News

Mutant Protein Created in Israel Successfully Absorbs CO2 from the Atmosphere

Scientists at the University of Berkeley and the Weizmann Institute have developed a mutant version of the Rubisco protein that absorbs CO2 more accurately than its natural counterparts. Researchers around the world are working on new technologies to capture carbon from the atmosphere, but many approaches fall short of one key metric: they don’t scale.

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February 21, 2025
Kazakhstan

Flood forecasting system launched in Kazakhstan

Photo Depositphotos.com The forecast for spring is not ready yet. They promise to provide it in early March. The Tasqyn flood forecasting system has been launched in Kazakhstan, the press service of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation reported. “Tasqyn is integrated into the global flood warning system GloFAS. Tasqyn will provide the final

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February 21, 2025
Regional News

Applications are now open for the Climate Story Fund 2025!

 views 1 Applications are now open for the Climate Story Fund 2025! 🎥🎙️✨ The Doc Society Climate Story Fund team is looking for 6-8 powerful documentary projects – films, podcasts and radio programs – that tell important climate stories from around the world. WHAT DO THEY OFFER? ✅ Grants from $50,000 to $125,000 for production and

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February 20, 2025
Kazakhstan

Water-saving seminars are held by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan

The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation is holding seminars for farmers on the implementation of water saving technologies in Almaty, Zhetysu, Zhambyl, Turkestan and Kyzylorda regions. During the meetings, the best water saving practices in the country will be presented, as well as information on government support measures. “The Ministry of Water Resources and

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February 20, 2025
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A creative competition “The whole sky and the Earth, our common destiny” has been announced in Turkmenistan

In honor of the 34th anniversary of Independence and the 30th anniversary of permanent Neutrality of Turkmenistan in the International Year of Peace and Trust, the editorial board of the Türkmen dünýäsi newspaper together with the Nature Conservation Society of Turkmenistan are organizing a competition called “Bitewüdir asman-Ýer, bitewi ykbalymyz”, MIC reports . The purpose of the

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February 19, 2025
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