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TASHKENT (TCA) — Strengthening co-operation in the field of environmental and sustainable development in Central Asia was the focus of the 2018 OSCE International Business Forum on Green Technologies, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan in co-operation with the State Committee of Uzbekistan on Ecology and Environmental Protection and ITECA Exhibitions, on 5 and 6 June in Tashkent. Continue reading
ALMATY (TCA) — The use of water of transboundary rivers is a sensitive economic, environmental, and political issue in Central Asia. In Kazakhstan, the government is now shifting focus to domestic water saving measures to reduce reliance on river water flowing from China. We are republishing this article on the issue by Lei Xie and Shaofeng Jia*, originally published by The Third Pole, a multilingual platform dedicated to promoting information and discussion about the Himalayan watershed and the rivers that originate there: Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan and Finland are interested in further development of cooperation across the whole spectrum of relations, with a special focus on green technologies. The success of EXPO-2017 in Astana and Finland's participation in it have laid the foundation for such collaboration. This was said during meetings in Helsinki last week between Kazakhstan Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko and Finnish partners in governmental, legislative and business circles, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Director of Kazakhstan’s Led System LLP, Amangeldy Taukenov, told a briefing on October 27 about the application of energy efficiency projects presented at the Expo-2017 in Astana this past summer, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved an allocation of up to US $110 million to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Kazakhstan Renewables Framework, an innovative plan to finance the construction and operation of renewable energy projects in the Central Asian country, the EBRD press office reported on October 3. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — The 11th KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum was held in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on September 7 and 8, as one of the key events of the International Specialized Exhibition EXPO-2017 ‘Energy of the Future’ which was held in Astana from 10 June until 10 September. The main theme of the KAZENERGY Forum was ‘Creating the Energy of the Future’. Continue reading
