Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), highlighted Astana as a fitting venue for advancing regional climate dialogue, noting the city’s practical efforts to address climate and disaster risks while strengthening resilience through
Melting glaciers in Tajikistan are already increasing the number of natural disasters in the country. Saving glaciers at the local level is difficult, as the main cause is global greenhouse gas emissions, scientists say. The Vanjakh (Fedchenko) Glacier has retreated more than 500 meters over the past 10 years. This
Planting saxaul plays a key role in climate change adaptation and environmental protection; photo: Avesta.tj. Tajikistan continues to implement measures aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change. In the Shahriotus district of Khatlon province, saxaul has been planted on more than 250 hectares, while in the Asht district of
Turning a desert into a forest: Otabek Nuriddinov and his struggle for the green Uzbekistan A story about Otabek Nuriddinov, an enthusiast who plants forest in Uzebkistan’s drylands. A forest will soon cover these dry hills. Photo: CABAR.asia Otabek Nuriddinov, 41, dreams about turning the hills of Andizhan oblast
Issues of desertification and land degradation in Central Asian countries were discussed at the Regional Dialogue on the Restoration of Landscapes in Central Asia, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. As noted by Erkin Mukhitdinov, Acting Director of the Agency for Increasing Forests and Green Areas and Combating Desertification under the
Urumqi, China – November 28, 2025 –Azamat Kauazov, Programme Manager for Climate Change and Sustainable Energy at the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), presented the experience of the Central Asian region at the international seminar “Scientific Report on Measures to Combat Desertification along the Belt and Road.”
Turkmenistan is proposing the creation of a specialized regional center for climate change technologies and a center to combat desertification in Central Asia. This was announced by Makhtumkuli Akmuradov, Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Environmental and Water Diplomacy, in his speech at the pre-conference session of the
The Interregional Group of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD IG) is holding a two-day meeting on 2–3 October 2025 at the UN House in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The IG serves as a key platform for cooperation and joint action on combating desertification, land degradation, and drought in the
About a quarter of China’s land is classified as desert, and campaigns to contain and restore sandy lands have been underway since the 1970s. In the arid regions of northern China, dozens of workers are pruning goji berry bushes that grow under the protection of thousands of solar panels. Solar
