Bangkok (Thailand) hosts the Subregional dialogue on biodiversity monitoring and reporting with a focus on ecosystem restoration on 2-5 September 2025. “The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), as the Regional Technical and Scientific Cooperation Support Centre to boost countries’ capacity for monitoring and reporting on Target 2 of the CBD’s Kunming-Montreal
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Shavkat Mirziyoyev agree to work together to resolve the water problem. Photo from www.akorda.kz At a meeting of heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin on September 1, the leaders of the Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan – outlined
Photo: Uzbekcosmos Agency Drought monitoring system using space technology to appear in Central Asia A regional drought monitoring system using satellite technology will be established in Central Asia. The project is being implemented by the Uzbekcosmos agency with the support of ESCAP. Its goal is to increase the resilience of
Photo: Evgeniy Sorochin / Gazeta.uz Water as a National Wealth. Water Code Adopted in Uzbekistan The President of Uzbekistan signed a law approving the new Water Code, which will come into force on October 31. The document provides for the creation of the Republican Water Council, simplification of the conditions
In the Uzbek city of Navoi, within the framework of the project “Climate-integrated water resources management in the Zarafshan River Basin”, two key events were held: a meeting of the 2nd National Steering Committee and the 2nd working meeting of the members of the Governing Body of the Zarafshan River
The authoritative scientific journal Nature has officially acknowledged that a high-profile study on the economic consequences of climate change contains a serious error caused by incorrect data on Uzbekistan. Initially, the work, published in 2024, predicted a reduction in global GDP by 19% by 2050 and by 62% by 2100
On August 2, the ministers of the water sector of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan conducted a joint working visit to the Sughd region of Tajikistan, during which they familiarized themselves with the activities of a number of strategically important water infrastructure facilities. This was reported by the press center of
01 August in Aktau, a meeting of the ministers of environmental agencies of the Central Asian countries was held to prepare for the Regional Environmental Summit 2026, Kazinform reports with reference to the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Photo: Ministry of Ecology of the
Bishkek. July 28. KirTAG — Kazakhstan has proposed that the countries of the region unite to save the Caspian and Aral Seas. This was reported by the publication POLITIK Central Asia. At an environmental conference in Altai, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov called the shallowing of
Climate is not only about nature. It is about economics. And about very big money. How do Central Asia and Kazakhstan react to climate change? Experts looked for answers to these questions in the new edition of the program “Big Diplomacy” on the Jibek Joly TV channel, the correspondent of
