Copyright AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File By Angela Symons with AP Is global warming supercharging El Niños? New study may reveal the answer El Niño can supercharge the impacts global warming. But burning fossil fuels could also be strengthening the destructive climate phenomenon. A new study suggests that El Niños – the natural climatic chaos
Climate change is creating new challenges for food safety in Central Asia. Extreme heat increases risks for products that require continuous refrigeration, while water scarcity forces agricultural producers to seek alternative sources for irrigation and food processing. As a result, food safety issues are becoming increasingly intertwined with the health
QAZAQ GREEN. Kazakhstan is planning to scale green-tech solutions across the country. This was announced during the presentation of the first fully autonomous solar-powered EV charging station in the CIS, where large-scale network expansion is now planned, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
We are telling you what is known about the risks of breakthroughs and the consequences for the region. Sayfiddin Karaev, asia+ Tajikistan has begun using satellite technology to search for dangerous mountain lakes. Among the objects that scientists are monitoring are Lake Sarez, other high-altitude water bodies of the Pamir,
At the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, a regional dialogue entitled “One Steppe Forward: Regional Dialogue on Land Restoration and Resilience in Northern and Central Asia” was held. The event focused on practical approaches
US$1.3 billion portfolio of finance for land restoration and drought resilience across 23 countries, with rangelands at its centre through a US$1.2 billion portfolio spanning 45 projects Progress toward Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN), with Brazil presenting a new voluntary 2030 LDN target comprising 17 sub-targets, while Central Asia has already
Caption: Pastures are not only important from an environmental perspective but also play a vital social and economic role for rural communities. Photo: © FAO/Evgeniy Pechurin The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of the Parties (COP) begins this week under the theme, “Restoring Land. Restoring Hope.” As rangelands
ajikistan Proposed New Financial Mechanisms to Combat Land Degradation at COP17 Sayfiddin Karaev, asia+ At the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (COP17), taking place in Ulaanbaatar, Central Asian countries advocated for expanded international cooperation, attraction of new financial mechanisms, and
On August 21, 2026, a meeting of the Sub-Grant Allocation Committee of the “Tajikistan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project” (RESILAND Tajikistan) was held in Dushanbe. The meeting was attended by members of the Sub-Grant Allocation Committee representing the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, the
Copyright Euronews By Bojan Brkic Representatives from 179 countries participating in the UN Convention to Combat Desertification are working with local residents and businesses to find solutions to the problem of land degradation, which affects half the world’s population and leads to poverty and mass migration. Geographically, 70% of the
