Hydrogeology as the Key to a Sustainable Future: Water Resources Management to be Discussed in Astana On April 3, a panel session will be held in Astana as part of the GEOSCIENCE & EXPLORATION CENTRAL ASIA 2026 forum. "The Role of Hydrogeology in Sustainable Water Resources Management." The session will take place from 09:00 to […]
Picture taken by the Apollo 11 crew on their way home. Photo:NASA (image restored by Toby Ord) When Mother Earth sends us a message Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Nature is suffering. Oceans filling with plastic and turning more acidic. Extreme heat, wildfires and floods, have affected millions of people. Climate […]
April 22-24, Astana, Kazakhstan https://carececo.org/en/main/activity/mettings/caccc-2026/
Is it possible to decarbonize Central Asia's energy sector without new coal-fired power plants—and how much is the region losing by delaying integration? We invite you to an online workshop where the authors will present a new report by Agora Energiewende and the University of Central Asia, "Cross-Border Integration of Central Asian Power Systems." The […]
The unrestricted exploitation of wildlife has led to the disappearance of many animal species at an alarming rate, destroying Earth's biological diversity and upsetting the ecological balance Photo:Vladimir Wrangel/Adobe Stock Harmony with nature and sustainable development As the global community is called to re-examine our relationship to the natural world, one thing is certain: despite […]
As the initiator of the International Decade for Action and co-chair of the 2023 UN Water Conference, Tajikistan continues to make every effort to advance the water agenda internationally. Building on the achievements of previous Dushanbe Water Process conferences (2018, 2022, 2024), the 2026 Conference will be a key preparatory stage leading up to the […]
The eighth assembly and 71st meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council will be held in 2026 in Samarkand,   the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of Uzbekistan announced . Representatives of the organization's largest donors will gather at the foundation's event in Samarkand. Together with experts, they will discuss protecting the region's environmental […]
Plastic production has risen exponentially in the last decades and now amounts to some 400 million tons per year– a figure set to double by 2040. Photo:Parilov/Adobe Stock Beat plastic pollution More than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced every year worldwide, half of which is designed to be used only once. Of that, less than […]
