The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted six themes for the UN 2026 Water Conference, following an inclusive consultation process with Member States and stakeholders. UNGA President Philemon Yang opened the 84th plenary of the 79th UNGA session on 9 July 2025, inviting Member States to consider draft decision A/79/L.101.
On the shore of the Caspian Sea, 12 kilometers from the city of Turkmenbashi, there is one of the most ambitious and large-scale resort areas of Central Asia – the National Tourist Zone “Avaza”. Created on the initiative of the National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk
01 August in Aktau, a meeting of the ministers of environmental agencies of the Central Asian countries was held to prepare for the Regional Environmental Summit 2026, Kazinform reports with reference to the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Photo: Ministry of Ecology of the
Almaty, Kazakhstan – 22 July 2025 – Batyr Mammedov, Executive Director of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) held a working meeting with Dmitry Petrin, the Senior Operations Officer at the World Bank and CAWEP Program Leader, to discuss joint implementation of regional projects and enhancing inter-country cooperation.
A working meeting with Mergen Kepbanov, Director of the Project Office of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) in Turkmenistan, took place on July 22, 2025, at the office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Representation in Turkmenistan. At the beginning of the meeting, the
From August 1 to 3, 2025, the Mountain Ecological Half Marathon “Seven Lakes” will be held in the city of Penjikent, organized for the second time after a successful debut in 2024. This was reported by the press service of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the
On July 8, 2025, a national consultation was held in Bishkek, organized by the University of Central Asia with support of the Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP), with the participation of key environmental organizations and experts. The event aimed to discuss the priorities of Operational Phase 8
Tashkent – 8 July 2025 – the Executive Director of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia, Batyr Mammedov, discussed further cooperation and institutional sustainability of the CAREC office in Uzbekistan with the Deputy Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection, and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Iskandar Kutbiddinov. The
On July 3, 2025, a coordination meeting was held at the office of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) in Tashkent with the participation of representatives of the Caritas Switzerland–CAREC consortium and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Uzbekistan — Mr. Andrin Fink and Mr.
Yiannis Neophytou, Head of Division at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), held a working meeting as part of his mission to Central Asia with Batyr Mammedov, Executive Director of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), in Almaty on June 1, 2025. The German
