Tajikistan

CAREC conducted two national training sessions in Dushanbe for specialists in Tajikistan’s water management sector

Dushanbe, Tajikistan – On February 11-12, CAREC conducted national training sessions for Tajikistan’s water management organizations in Dushanbe.   The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) held these training sessions as part of the project “Climate-Responsive and Gender-Sensitive Basin Management” (hereafter referred to as the Project). This initiative is a component of the Regional

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Turkmenistan

UNDP concludes multi-sectoral dialogues on climate change adaptation

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) / Green Climate Fund (GCF) project, ‘Developing a National Adaptation Planning Process in Turkmenistan,’ implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan, has concluded a series of dialogues on climate change adaptation, bringing together representatives from government agencies, the private sector, academia, and civil society organizations.

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Global News

Mercedes-Benz turn a Car into an Energy Generator

It is expected that solar modules from Mercedes-Benz, just 5 micrometers thick, will be able to cover all external surfaces of the car, regardless of shape or angle. Mercedes-Benz has said it is currently evaluating the effectiveness of “solar paint,” a non-silicon photovoltaic coating designed to generate electricity for vehicles, pv magazine reports . The new coating

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Global News

5 unusual places for solar panels that will provide more energy

The Cool Down portal has compiled 5 innovative methods for using solar panels. Railway tracks Solar panels on railway tracks Photo: Sun-Ways Switzerland-based Sun-Ways has developed a project to use removable solar panels between the rails on a section of railway track in the Neuchâtel region. The energy generated in this way will be fed into the grid. The

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Global News

China Builds ‘Great Solar Wall’: Enough Energy for 20 Million People

The Great Solar Wall in the Kubuki Desert will include 3.46 million solar panels and will have a capacity of 100 gigawatts. China is undertaking an ambitious project to build a “Great Solar Wall” consisting of 3.46 million solar panels along the northern edge of the Kubuqi Desert in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China Daily reports

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Regional News

What topics were discussed by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan during the 7th meeting of the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan Joint Working Group on Environmental Protection and Water Quality in the Syr Darya River Basin?

On December 20, 2024, the 7th meeting of the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan Joint Working Group (Commission) on Environmental Protection and Water Quality in the Syr Darya River Basin was held. The meeting took place online via the Zoom platform, with support from the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC). The meeting convened representatives of the Ministry

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Regional News

Podcast of the Central Asian Academic Network: Water Diplomacy and Its Promotion in the Region

We are excited to share our first podcast featuring members of the Central Asian Network of Academic Societies (NAS).In this episode, Associate Professor of Environmental Protection at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (UWED), Suriya Turayeva, and Candidate of Technical Sciences,Professor of the Institute of Management at the Academy of Public Administration under the

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Global News

Swiss researchers test radio frequency pollution from 5G networks: the fewer base stations, the stronger the radiation.

Researchers from the GOLIAT project have developed and applied a new protocol for measuring radiofrequency pollution from mobile devices and 5G base stations. It includes three different scenarios of gadget use: airplane mode without data transfer, normal mode with data exchange enabled, and intensive traffic mode. The field study was conducted in Switzerland, which was

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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan to become first country in Central Asia where household waste will be converted into energy

After the commissioning of waste-to-energy plants built by Chinese partners, Uzbekistan will become the first country in Central Asia to practice waste-to-energy recycling, Podrobno.uz correspondent reports.  This statement was shared by Tom Shi, vice president of the Chinese company Shanghai SUS Environment, which entered the waste-to-energy market in Uzbekistan in 2024.  Shi also said that as part

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