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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...