The “climate agenda” is going out of fashion, does the absence of a “Santa Claus rally” mean a possible failure and throughout 2025, the market is talking again about the IPO of the English bank Shawbrook. Read about these and other topics in the review of world media for January 4. Wall Street banks quit
The Jinan-Hefei Highway, a 152-kilometer highway that recently opened to traffic in China, is equipped with small wind turbines, geothermal heat pumps, and an energy storage system. The highway also has an improved wastewater treatment system. China Highway / © Christian Lue / Unsplash Experts estimate that the Jinan-Hefei highway will emit 13,600 tons of carbon annually,
Happy New Year, dear colleagues and friends! In the outgoing year of 2024, we collaborated to protect the unique natural treasures of Central Asia. Looking ahead to 2025, let us extend our traditional New Year greetings with a wish for ecological health and sustainability across our beautiful region’s ecosystems. May 2025 be a year of
For the first time in the history of Uzbekistan’s participation in the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, held on December 2-13, 2024, in Riyadh, the initiative of Uzbekistan, put forward by the President of the Republic, was included in the final decision of COP16. Samarkand Declaration on Sand
Turbulent Mini Hydro: Affordable Technology for Generating Electricity from Small Rivers Hydropower is one of the promising areas in the field of renewable energy sources. However, traditional hydroelectric power plants require significant investment, large differences in elevation, and often disrupt river ecosystems. In this context, Turbulent technology has become a real breakthrough. It offers
Regional meetings and events on topical issues of climate change and land degradation are continuing on the sidelines of the 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP16). One of the key events was the side event “Resistance to sand and dust storms”, organized by the United Nations Development
Photo:JKLoma/Adobe Stock Mountain solutions for a sustainable future – innovation, adaptation and youth Over centuries, mountain communities have developed solutions to adapt to their harsh environments, deal with climate change, reduce poverty and protect or restore biodiversity. This International Mountain Day 2024 (IMD 2024) focuses precisely on the capacity and needs of its people through
Artificial Intelligence Discovers Unknown Extreme Climate Events Photo: freepik Scientists from the German Centre for Climate Computing, Great Britain and Spain have discovered previously unknown extreme climate events in the past, Zakon.kz reports. The work was published in the journal Nature Communications . Using neural networks, scientists reconstructed historical data on extremely warm and cold days and
The health of the soil and the quality and availability of water are interconnected. Photo:Hatia/Adobe Stock Soil and water, a source of life Our planet’s survival depends on the precious link between soil and water. Over 95 percent of our food originates from these two fundamental resources. Soil water, vital for nutrient absorption by
We’re used to solar panels on rooftops and in fields, but what if the sun could be “tied” to the ground, raising it to the desired height? An international team of scientists seems to have found a way to do just that, developing a balloon-integrated photovoltaic system (BIPVS). It sounds like science fiction, but let’s
