What needs to change in cities today to help them cope with rising heat? Aliya Hamidullina , asia+ Khujand. Photo: asia+ Summers in Tajikistan and Central Asia are getting hotter due to climate change, and extreme heat increasingly impacts residents’ daily lives—from the ability to walk safely outside to how
The Second China–Central Asia Forum on Meteorological Cooperation was held in Urumqi, China, from 21 to 23 September. The forum was attended by Farrukh Sattarov, Director of the National Climate Change Centre under the National Committee on Ecology; Doniyor Turgunov, Director of the Hydrometeorological Research Institute; as well as representatives
n 2025, the water inflow into the country’s reservoirs was below normal Sayfiddin Karaev, asia+ Central Asia is experiencing declining river runoff, reduced terrestrial water storage, and some of the largest glacier mass losses on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) new report, “State of Global Water Resources
How can drinking water safety and effective treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater be ensured? How can water quality monitoring be transformed into a tool for decision-making? And what role can science and education play in this process? These questions are becoming increasingly relevant for Central Asia in the context
n line with the initiatives of the Founder of Peace and National Unity – Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan, His Excellency Emomali Rahmon, concerning the “Preservation of Glaciers and the Cryosphere, Particularly in High-Mountain Regions,” and in support of the objectives of the International Decade
“Methane is not only a potent short-lived climate pollutant; it is also the primary component of natural gas,” Hanling Yang, Associate Vice President of Energy Transition at the Environmental Defense Fund, stated at National Workshop on Strengthening Methane Emissions Monitoring and Assessment in Uzbekistan: National Workshop on Project Results, Lessons Learned, and
“As international experience shows, effective emissions reduction starts with accurate assessment and the availability of reliable data. We need to better understand the sources of emissions, their scale and dynamics, and have the ability to compare different sources of information,” said Alisher Salomov, Adviser to the Chairman of the National Committee on Ecology and
The Communications Service under the Government of Tajikistan and China’s Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) discussed prospects for cooperation in space technology, including the establishment of a National Earth Remote Sensing Data Center in Dushanbe, the Communications Service’s press center reported. Isfandiyor Saidullo, Head of the Communications Service under the
“Methane is not merely one of the components of greenhouse gas emissions. It is also an indicator of how modern, accurate, and effective our environmental monitoring, accounting, and natural resource management systems are,” said Professor Bakhtiyor Pulatov, Rector of the Central Asian University of Environmental and Climate Change Studies (Green University), highlighting the relevance
The second phase of developing eight basin plans for the protection and use of water resources has begun in Kazakhstan. The work is being carried out by the Information and Analytical Center for Water Resources of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation in accordance with the new Water Code,
