At a press conference on August 10, organized by the CAN EECCA Secretariat, climatologist Alexey Kokorin spoke to journalists and network representatives about the El Niño phenomenon developing this year and explained why close attention to it should not distract society from the main climate problem—anthropogenic climate change. What’s happening
Renowned environmental activist, Doctor of Philology, and Professor Nargis Kasymova published an article about the “Green Mahalla of the New Uzbekistan” project on Ekolog.uz, Uzbekistan’s leading environmental portal. The article is available at the following link: https://ekolog.uz/en/105
Since the Aral Sea began drying out, approximately 748 million tons of carbon dioxide have been released into the atmosphere. Another 605 million tons may be released in the future. Carbon accumulated in seabed sediments over decades has begun to return to the air. As NG24 reports , the Aral
We could be talking about hundreds of millions of dollars. Timur Idrisov, independent environmental journalist, specially for asia+ Photo from vesti.ru The frequency and intensity of dust and sandstorms in Tajikistan have increased exponentially, but economic assessments of their impact remain limited, and in some cases, non-existent. Sand and dust
Household mobility responses to weather extremes in Kyrgyzstan. A new article, “Household mobility responses to weather extremes in Kyrgyzstan,” has been published in Nature Communications. The study was developed within the Volkswagen Foundation-funded project “Rural Community Resilience in Central Asia (CARe)” at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition
Spot spoke with Ziedullo Parpiev, Senior Manager of the ESG Practice at PwC Uzbekistan, about how this market works, why banks need it, and when getting a green loan will become as easy as getting a regular one. Photo: CCEF Uzbekistan faces an annual shortfall of approximately $9.4 billion to
July 2026 was the second-hottest July on record globally, and sea surface temperatures reached a record high for the month, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Office, the average global surface temperature in July was 1.47 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial
Getting home solar power installed is the ultimate tech flex. You get to shrink your carbon footprint, stick it to your local utility company, and slash your monthly energy bill all at once. But here’s the thing: You can absolutely treat your solar panels as a set-it-and-forget-it proposition once it’s
Afghanistan is building a 290-kilometer canal from the Amu Darya, which could change the traditional distribution of water resources in the region. Azattyk Asia Kosh-Tepa channel. Photo: Ariana News The construction of the Kosh-Tepa Canal in Afghanistan has become one of the most discussed topics in Central Asia in recent
Scientists analyzed data on 1,700 species and found that most of them expand or shift their habitats following changes in temperature and weather conditions. Photo: NIA “Ecology” Climate change and extreme weather events have become the main drivers of butterfly redistribution across the planet. This is the conclusion reached by
