US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reported on the X network that following a review of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), it was decided to close 83% of its programs. The rest will be transferred to the State Department. Rubio said the government had decided to cancel 5,200 of the
As part of the Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2025), Panel Session 1: “Climate Finance and Innovation” will bring together leading international and national experts to discuss cutting-edge financing mechanisms for climate initiatives. Sub-session 1.1. Representatives of climate funds (Green Climate Fund, Loss and Damage Fund, Climate Investment Funds, etc.),
Five steps to ensure a safe future for people vulnerable to climate change. Natural disaster in Khuroson region, Uyali village. 2009. Photo: Asia-Plus Climate change threatens economic growth, infrastructure, and livelihoods in Asia and the Pacific. By addressing gaps in insurance availability, affordability, and awareness, the region can improve
The “climate agenda” is going out of fashion, does the absence of a “Santa Claus rally” mean a possible failure and throughout 2025, the market is talking again about the IPO of the English bank Shawbrook. Read about these and other topics in the review of world media for January
Kazakhstan has been elected as a member of the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) Committee of the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) for the period from January 2025 to December 2027. Background: The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) consists of two trust funds: the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Strategic Climate Fund
The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) is taking measures to develop green finance in the region. The organization is considering the prospects for accreditation in leading international institutions to strengthen its role in supporting adaptation and mitigation of climate change in the countries of Central Asia. On December
SEFE Marketing&Trading Limited to invest in forest planting in Kazakhstan The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan discussed the launch of the forest climate project with a representative of a British company Photo: Primeminister.kz Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov held a meeting with the Vice President for Asset Management of the British company
He turned to multilateral development banks. Mukhtar Babaev Photo: ARA The current UN Climate Change Conference is being called the “financial COP” because for the first time in 15 years it will consider the volume and structure of financing for developing countries to support measures to combat climate change, Asia-Plus
Tajikistan will need $96 billion for measures to adapt the country to climate change and transition to a “green” economy. This estimate is given in the country report on climate and development, which was prepared by the World Bank and the Committee for Environmental Protection of Tajikistan, Fergana.ru reports. The
CAREC Ministers Launch Regional Climate Fund It will assist Tajikistan and other CAREC countries in developing bankable climate projects. Participants at the CAREC Ministerial Conference in Astana Photo: ADB The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program member countries have endorsed a new Climate Action Plan and launched a Climate
