UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Li Junhua stated that approximately 2.2 billion people worldwide still lack access to clean drinking water, and 3.5 billion people lack safe sanitation, TASS reports. He announced this at a press conference in Dushanbe following the Fourth High-Level International Conference dedicated to the
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
Photo: Syed Mahamudur Rahman/NurPhoto via Getty Images Moscow, May 30. INTERFAX.RU – A roundtable discussion on “The Water Problem: A Challenge to Global and Regional Security” was held as part of the First International Security Forum in Moscow. Our political observer, Vyacheslav Terekhov, reports. The planet is facing water bankruptcy.
Central Asian countries are among the regions most vulnerable to climate change. Water scarcity, glacier retreat, desertification, air pollution and increasingly frequent extreme weather events pose growing challenges across the region. Climate change in Central Asia directly affects agriculture, energy, and public health. In response, Central Asian countries are intensifying
UN Permanent Representative to Uzbekistan Akiko Fujii visited the Republic of Karakalpakstan. During her visit, Akiko Fujii learned in detail about the activities of the Situation Center established under the Committee on Ecology and Climate Change of the Republic of Karakalpakstan. The results of a project implemented jointly with the
Over the past 40 years, per capita water availability in Central Asia has fallen by more than threefold Photo: UN Women Tajikistan Climate change, rising consumption, and challenges in water management are making Central Asia increasingly vulnerable to a water crisis. Experts warn that without an urgent revision of water
A presentation of the State Program for Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation for 2025–2029 was held in Dushanbe. Jamshed Tabarzoda, Chairman of the Housing and Public Utilities Committee under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, noted that this State Program is the main strategic document in the field of
The Center for State Environmental Expertise under the National Committee for Ecology and Climate Change conducted public hearings on the environmental assessment of the investment project titled “Construction of the Namangan Wastewater Treatment Facility” in Namangan Region. The hearings were organized at the Namangan District branch of “Namangan Suv Ta’minoti,”
Access to safe and clean drinking water is a fundamental human right and a cornerstone of public health and sustainable development. Recognizing this, the Government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is supporting the “Project for Improvement of Water Supply Systems in Jomi District, Khatlon Region”, aiming
QAZAQ GREEN. In a bold step toward sustainable living and climate resilience, Norwegian engineers have launched a groundbreaking innovation that could redefine how we grow food and harness energy. Floating off the coast near Bergen, the newly unveiled “Ocean Bloom” is a self-sustaining, circular greenhouse island that seamlessly integrates agriculture, aquaculture,
