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COP29: THE COUNTDOWN STARTS

COP29: THE COUNTDOWN STARTS

James Sharp

08/15/2024

The announcement on August 3 that there were 100 days to go until COP29 …...

The Climate Crisis has come to the South Caucasus

The Climate Crisis has come to the South Caucasus

Zachary Weiss

07/29/2024

Climate change has begun to harm the physical and economic security of people li...

OTS Rides the Middle Corridor to the Summit

OTS Rides the Middle Corridor to the Summit

Member-country ministers were charged with optimizing and digitalizing the Middl...

Is it too late to save Central Asia? The COP crisis is already here

Is it too late to save Central Asia? The COP crisis is already here

One-third of Central Asia’s glaciers have melted, as the region’s air temperatur...

COP29: the Caspian Region takes the Stage at the World’s Climate Summit

COP29: the Caspian Region takes the Stage at the World’s Climate Summit

David Moran

04/16/2024

This November in Baku, the Azerbaijan COP29 Presidency and the rest of South Cau...

Kazakhstan’s New Nuclear Problem: Lake Balkhash

Kazakhstan’s New Nuclear Problem: Lake Balkhash

Haley Nelson

02/22/2024

Another landlocked lake in Kazakhstan is under threat. While declining water lev...

A New Focus on Renewables: 2023 in Review

A New Focus on Renewables: 2023 in Review

Renewable energy became a consistent focal point in energy dialogues among count...

Merging the Ecological and Trade Challenges of the Caspian

Merging the Ecological and Trade Challenges of the Caspian

A looming shortage of potable water driven by rising global temperatures and poo...

Afghanistan’s Canal Project Threatens Central Asian Water Security

Afghanistan’s Canal Project Threatens Central Asian Water Security

Meray Ozat

09/05/2023

Central Asia’s water security is facing a serious threat as the Taliban governme...

Kazakhstan Makes Efforts to Save the Declining Caspian Seal Population

Kazakhstan Makes Efforts to Save the Declining Caspian Seal Population

Haley Nelson

06/20/2023

The future of the Caspian Sea’s ecology is under threat as the declining shoreli...

Vice President Harris Emphasizes Water Security: Central Asia is a Contender for Partnership

Vice President Harris Emphasizes Water Security: Central Asia is a Contender for Partnership

Dante Schulz

07/04/2022

On June 1, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized water security as an ess...

How Do We Fight Climate Change While Global Energy Demand Soars?

How Do We Fight Climate Change While Global Energy Demand Soars?

World leaders and the global press have rightly focused these past weeks on the ...

COP26: An Opportunity for A Healthier Caspian

COP26: An Opportunity for A Healthier Caspian

The COP26 Summit, which took place October 31-November 12, highlighted how Centr...

The Silent Threat of Falling Caspian Sea Levels

The Silent Threat of Falling Caspian Sea Levels

The water level of the Caspian Sea, the world’s largest inland body of water, is...