ecology
The IWPR office in Tajikistan hosted a master class on reporting on climate change and climate policy for Central Asian journalists in Tajikistan.
Tajikistan’s waste collection and recycling market is underregulated, believes Anisa Abibulloeva, environmental activist and graduate of the CABAR.asia school of analytics. In her opinion, this creates both risks and opportunities for the different parties involved in this process — waste collectors, the state, and civil society.
“We carried an ill woman from our bridge for 17 kilometres on a stretcher… because the roads were blocked”. What are the difficulties faced by the residents of highland Yagnob?” (more…)
On the face of it, a dry and warm winter appears like a “weather’s gift.” While many people were glad that they did not have to wear puffer jackets, ecologists raise alarm, and farmers face serious problems. (more…)
At the end of the 90s, the zero waste movement was developed in the West. Its main purpose was to reduce waste. The movement had five basic principles: reduce consumption of food, refuse the products that are harmful for the nature, give new life to unused items, reuse items as much as possible, and recycle organic waste.
In the last four years, the media in Kyrgyzstan has witnessed the steady growth of publications dedicated to ecology. Moreover, if we look at the topics, the media is most interested in air pollution.
he Central Asian region is the most vulnerable to climate change impacts. The common problems of all five countries will be melting glaciers and decreasing surface water runoff, that is, rivers’ water that flows over the soil surface into the lakes, says Andrey Podrezov, Head of the Department of Meteorology, Ecology and Environmental Protection at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University. (more…)
Construction of nuclear power plants can solve the problem of future shortage of power in southern Kazakhstan. However, this issue must be taken thoroughly; otherwise risks can exceed advantages, according to experts.
The COP26 [26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties], which is scheduled to kick off on October 31 in Glasgow and will continue for two weeks, is important for Central Asian countries: they can build relationships with sponsors, and those organisations and countries that can help strengthen the region’s response to climate change, says Charles Edmund Garrett British Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan in CABAR.asia analytical platform interview. (more…)
Kyrgyzstan has committed itself to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Despite this goal, the country’s consumption and production of coal is growing rapidly. (more…)