ecology
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…)
A long-awaited global conference will be held in November 2021 – the Climate Change Conference of the Parties. (more…)
Environmentalists are often at higher risk around the world and in Kazakhstan, in particular. According to experts, eco-activists are often taken as oppositionists and brought to justice.
Glacier melting is a natural process, experts say, but in recent decades it has been occurring faster than it did in the pre-industrial era. (more…)
According to experts, natural disasters in the world will become more frequent every year and their extent will be more catastrophic. Kyrgyzstan is not an exception with the area with a high risk of earthquakes and landslides. However, neither the government, nor the residents take this problem and its prevention seriously.