On October 1, 2024, a meeting between the Minister of Finance Faiziddin Qahhorzoda and the Vice President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Mark Bowman was held at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tajikistan. According to the press service of the Ministry, during the meeting, the parties discussed current …
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Almaty, Kazakhstan – From September 30 to October 1, 2024, the first media training from the Deutsche Welle Academy for young scientists and specialists in the field of sustainable development, ecology and climate change was held at the head office of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC). The training was dedicated to the …
Climate change is one of the most serious threats of our time, and carbon emissions play a key role in this process. Since 2015, when the Paris Agreement was signed, the international community has been actively looking for ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To date, 194 countries, including Kazakhstan, have committed to reducing their …
What is happening with the level of the Caspian Sea? The answer to this question is important to know, both for representatives of the tourism business, who build hotels on its shore, and for ordinary residents of the republic, who buy houses in the coastal zone. As part of the event, experts on this topic …
September 20 marks World Clean Up Day, a significant international initiative aimed at uniting society in the fight for a clean environment. Kazakhstan is actively participating in the World Clean Up Day campaign, which will take place this year on September 21 and will cover all regions of the country. In an official statement from …
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The readiness of industry to transition to cleaner production ranges from 40 to 90% depending on the sector. In 2021, the concept of “automated monitoring system” (AMS), which monitors emissions of pollutants into the environment at the main stationary emission sources, found its place in the Kazakh regulatory framework. With further transfer of data to …
The meeting, chaired by Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Bozumbayev, was attended by Kazakhstan’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Nurzhan Nurzhigitov, Chairman of the Executive Committee of IFAS Askhat Orazbay, Tajikistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Sulaymon Ziyozoda, Deputy Chairman of Turkmenistan’s Cabinet of Ministers Tangryguly Atahallyev, Uzbekistan Presidential Advisor Shukhrat Ganiev, and Kyrgyzstan’s Ambassador to …
Almaty, Kazakhstan – On September 23-24, as part of the SDU University Sustainable Development Week, representatives of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) conducted a training of trainers on the interactive Nexus game. During the two-day training, 9 representatives of the teaching staff and 18 students of SDU University tried on the roles of ministers …
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The Resource Efficiency in Agri-food Production and Processing (REAP) project, funded by the European Union, has successfully concluded on August 31, 2024. Over the past four and a half years, the project has made significant strides in promoting sustainable consumption and production (SCP) practices in the agri-food sectors of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, with a particular …
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Press-release On 27-28 September 2024, an exchange visit of the Uzbek-Kazakh Joint Working Group (Commission) on environmental protection and water quality in the Syrdarya River Basin will take place in the Uzbekistan cities of Chirchik, Tashkent, and Samarkand with the support of the Blue Peace Central Asia Initiative, funded by Switzerland. On 27 September, the …
