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Join the Conversation: Baku Climate Action Week Explores Innovative Plans for a Sustainable Built Environment (Photos Inside!)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 1. A roundtable discussion took place during Baku Climate Action Week to explore sustainable building practices in ... Read more
EU Environment Ministers Set Their Sights on a Sustainable Future: Aiming for 2040 Climate Goals and a Global Plastics Agreement
BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 12. This week, EU ministers met informally in Aalborg, Denmark, to discuss ambitious climate goals for 2040, ... Read more
Beat the Heat: Ensuring Power Reliability for Sustainable Cooling in Central Asia
In a recent study, researchers from the Asian Development Bank and other organizations looked into how families in Central Asia ... Read more
Lithuania Takes Bold Step in Climate Action: Joining UN Initiatives in Germany
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 18—The 62nd session of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies is underway in Bonn, Germany. This two-week event focuses ... Read more
Join the Mongolian Environment Minister at the Samarkand Climate Forum: Key Insights and Initiatives for a Sustainable Future
Mongolia’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Odontuya Saldan, participated in the Samarkand Climate Forum on April 4-5. The event ... Read more
Urgent: Central Asia’s Environmental Crisis Deepens as the Aral Sea Dries Up
The Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-largest lake, has been shrinking drastically since the 1960s. Located between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, ... Read more
Is the Caspian Sea Dying? Unpacking the Environmental Crisis and Its Global Geopolitical Implications
Last month, a significant discovery was made off the Mazandaran coast of the Caspian Sea in southern Iran. An 18th-century ... Read more
Mongolia’s Environment Ministry Honored by Wild Sheep Foundation: A Commitment to Conservation
The Mongolian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change recently received the prestigious Statesman Award from the Wild Sheep Foundation. This ... Read more
