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“Methane is not only a potent short-lived climate pollutant; it is also the primary component of natural gas,” Hanling Yang, Associate Vice President of Energy Transition at the Environmental Defense Fund, stated at National Workshop on Strengthening Methane Emissions Monitoring and Assessment in Uzbekistan: National Workshop on Project Results, Lessons Learned, and Future Opportunities held in Tashkent.
Urumqi, 24 September 2026 — A delegation of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia, headed by Executive Director Batyr Mamedov, visited the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The delegation included Azamat Kauazov, Manager of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Programme.
Hugh Riddell, Country Manager of the World Bank in the Kyrgyz Republic, in his remarks at the Second Regional Conference in Bishkek, organized by the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia, emphasized the close link between the One Health approach and Kyrgyzstan’s strategic development priorities through 2030.
How can drinking water safety and effective treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater be ensured? How can water quality monitoring be transformed into a tool for decision-making? And what role can science and education play in this process? These questions are becoming increasingly relevant for Central Asia in the context of climate change and growing pressure on water resources. Specialists from the region explored practical approaches to addressing these challenges during a study tour to Switzerland organised under the regional Blue Peace Central Asia initiative.
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