Ecology 05/21/2026, 21:56 9 The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre published a report finding that Uzbekistan has been in a protracted drought zone, which has affected all of Central Asia and the Middle East since 2021. Statistics show that the period from 2021 to 2025 was the hottest in the past
Photo: elements.envato.com Kazakhstan recorded an electricity surplus from January to May 2026. Generation totaled 53.6 billion kWh, while consumption reached 53.3 billion kWh, DKNews.kz reports . Thus, production exceeded consumption by approximately 300 million kWh. The power system is operating stably. Relevant authorities note that current indicators indicate the balanced operation of
Photo: Personal archive of Zinovy Novitsky Planting greenery on the dried bed of the Aral Sea has proven effective, but further work in this direction requires regional coordination, especially between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. For more details, see the column by Academician Zinovy Novitsky, who is working on greening the Aral
Context and Relevance In May 2026, the international community’s attention was drawn to an outbreak of hantavirus infection among passengers on the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was operating a voyage in the Antarctic region. The incident once again brought to the fore the issues of country readiness to respond
Image source: orient.tm ECOWORLD | ORIENT. In today’s media landscape, the topic of freshwater shortages is surrounded by a multitude of polarized opinions. On the one hand, environmentalists and politicians regularly warn of a threatening decline in the planet’s water resources; on the other, anyone who remembers their high school physics and
From June 1 to 2, 2026, the countries of Central Asia, together with the World Bank, held a two-day virtual regional meeting dedicated to reviewing the results of the third year of implementation of the large-scale multi-country project “Pandemic Preparedness and Response through the One Health Approach in Central Asia,” financed under
We discussed the need to develop climate-resilient water supply systems and the role that young people can play in addressing water issues. Asia+ June 1, 2026, 4:06 PM Aidan Cronin/Photo: still from video The climate crisis is increasingly impacting water resources worldwide. Floods, droughts, and melting glaciers are already affecting
The 2026 update of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund Ecosystem Profile for the Mountains of Central Asia has been published – we have a visual summary on our website: https://zoinet.org/product/cepf-summary-2/ Full report and technical summary: https://www.cepf.net/…/biodivers…/mountains-central-asia
The paper presents the results of the first Central Asian study to investigate public perceptions of decarbonisation through a nationwide survey across urban areas, including fossil-fuel-dependent towns and industrial and non-industrial cities of Kazakhstan. The study’s findings reveal that, while awareness of climate change is high, only half of the
Temperatures in the region are rising faster than the global average. Sayfiddin Karaev, asia+ Iskandar Abdullaev. Photo: asia+ Droughts in Central Asia have become noticeably more frequent in recent decades. While at the end of the last century, major periods of low water levels were recorded approximately once per decade,
