On February 23, 2024, the Minister of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Minister of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan opened two gauging stations along the transboundary Big Fergana Canal and North Fergana Canal. This was made possible through Blue Peace Central Asia initiative of the Government of …
Water for Peace: Opening of two transboundary hydroposts Read More »
The organization of the visit of OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid to Ashgabat in March and the holding of a meeting of the environment ministers of Central Asian countries within the framework of this visit were discussed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Myahri Byashimova and the head of the OSCE Center …
Ashgabat is preparing an OSCE-CA meeting on the climate agenda Read More »
CAREC at ICAT Community Meetings, Bonn, Germany “2023 was a very intense year for the Regional Hub for Climate Action Transparency in Central Asia (ReCATH). We started it by establishing connections with the main international transparency initiatives working in the region of Central Asia, namely FAO, CBIT-GSP and UNEP-CCC. We managed to find common areas …
CAREC representatives took part in the ICAT community meeting in Germany Read More »
Valencia, Spain – February 27-28, 2024. On February 27-28, the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) hosted the first meeting of the Land Management, Environment & SoLId-WastE (LESLIE) under the Erasmus+ Programme established by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). LESLIE project aims at introducing innovative smart learning methodologies at the universities in Kazakhstan …
DUSHANBE, 02/26/2024 /NIAT “Khovar”/. The 6th meeting of the working group of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on the joint use of water resources of transboundary rivers of Central Asia was held in the city of Guliston, Sughd region, reports NIAT “Khovar” with reference to the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan. At …
On February 20, a regional seminar on “Climate Risk Analysis and Capacity Development” was held in Tashkent, dedicated to the launch of a large six-month study to assess climate risks for five river basins in Central Asia. For information: based on the results of the assessment, issues related to climate risks in relation to five …
Aini, Tajikistan – Experts from the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) acted as trainers on the Water-Energy-Food interconnection approach (WEP Nexus) for representatives of the Zarafshan River Basin Council. The training was held within the framework of the Integrated Rural Development Project/TRIGGER, co-funded by the European Union (EU) and the German Federal Ministry …
The Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change of Karakalpakstan, under the leadership of Chairman of the Zhokargy Kenes of the Republic of Karakalpakstan Amanbai Orynbayev, the Forestry Agency, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and eco-active youth, started sowing haloxylon seeds on the dried bottom of the Aral Sea. “This year we plan to …
The planting of desert plants has begun on the dried-up bottom of the Aral Sea Read More »
Within the framework of the Plenary Session of CMS COP14 in Samarkand, a memorandum of cooperation in the field of wildlife conservation on the Ustyurt Plateau was signed between the Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Aziz Abdukhakimov, and the Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic …
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan will cooperate to preserve the wildlife of the Ustyurt Plateau Read More »
On February 15, 2024, a webinar on the updated version of the GACMO (Greenhouse Gas Abatement Cost Model) emission projection tool presented by the Copenhagen Climate Center of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-CCC) was held online. The webinar presented a new version of the GACMO emissions projection tool to strengthen global climate policy and …
