Today the Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2024) has started in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Conference will last for three days. It convenes over 1000 people offline and online – policy- and decision makers from Central Asia countries, international development partners, civil society, the private sector, and academia. They will discuss
A round table was held in Ashgabat to review adaptation measures of the country’s key national climate policy document “National Determined Contribution (NDC) of Turkmenistan”. The event was attended by representatives of key national ministries, academia and civil society. The round table was held within the framework of the project
The review provides brief information on the state of the climate for 2023 (January-December) and seasons, on climate changes in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its administrative-territorial regions. Data are presented on climatic anomalies of air temperature and precipitation, agroclimatic conditions, and the state of the water
Abstract We study the impact of recent global warming on extreme climatic events in Central Asia (CA) for 1901-2019 by comparing the composite representation of the observational climate with a hypothetical counterfactual one that does not include the long-term global warming trend. The counterfactual climate data is produced based on
New research has cast doubt on the prevailing idea that the disappearance of Central Asia’s medieval river civilizations was a direct result of the Mongol invasion in the early 13th century AD. illustrative photo Photo: indicator.ru It was climate change, not the Mongol invasion, that destroyed the river civilizations
Environmental engineering company Kayrros Methane Watch in Paris uses satellite data and artificial intelligence models to accurately monitor leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas released by fossil energy sources. These invisible columns of odorless gas in the air appear on the company’s maps as colored clouds after processing satellite
The Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic hosted a meeting on cooperation in planning the participation of the Kyrgyz Republic in the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in Baku Azerbaijan) under support of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC)
UN Development Programme’s new initiative: Climate Promise 2025. This ambitious endeavor is designed to bolster developing nations as they gear up to enhance their climate action plans within the framework of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Set against the backdrop of the upcoming round of nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
A team of scientists in the United Kingdom say they’ve discovered a porous material that has the potential to store large quantities of greenhouse gases, making it a possible new tool in the arsenal to fight climate change. The scientists detailed how they used computational models to develop this material
On May 7, 2024, the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan (CEP RT) hosted the final meeting of the project “Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for the Aral Sea Basin, Additional Financing” (CAMP4ASB AF) at the National Library. At the meeting, the CEP RT
