A high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on the topic of transition to zero waste to achieve sustainable development goals was held at the UN headquarters in New York under the chairmanship of Turkmenistan, the website of the Turkmenistan Mission to the UN reports.

Central Asia will develop an international document on glacier monitoring. This was stated by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar, reports today, March 27, IA "Kazinform".

In the next 3 years, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) intends to invest at least $400 million in the water and energy complex of Central Asia. This was stated by the Chairman of the EDB Board Nikolay Podguzov at the UN Conference on Water Resources that ended in New York.

A new hydraulic engineering facility for regulating the watercourse on the 1002nd kilometer of the Karakum River was opened in the Gyzylarbat district of the Balkan region, the newspaper "Turkmenistan" reports.

A large—scale landscaping campaign has begun in Turkmenistan today, which traditionally takes place twice a year - in spring and autumn. Employees of various structures and students take part in the planting of seedlings.

In order to continue the dialogue on supporting the efforts of the Government of Turkmenistan to fulfill its international obligations under the Paris Climate Agreement, the fifth Coordination Meeting of the Climate Group of Development Partners was held.

United Nations experts in Turkmenistan conducted a practical training for Dashoguz gardeners of the Turkmenbashi district, the UNDP representative office in the country reports on its Instagram.

The issues of expanding partnership in the field of renewable energy sources became the main topic of the round table with the participation of representatives of state structures of Turkmenistan with profile companies of Great Britain. This is reported on the page of the British Embassy in Turkmenistan on Instagram.

In honor of the World Water Resources Day, which is celebrated on March 22, the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan (NRCST) together with the public organization "Yash Tebigatchi" is holding a drawing contest.

Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov and Chairman of the Environmental Protection Organization of Iran Ali Salajege spoke about the need to consolidate efforts in the fight against climate change, in particular, desertification and sandstorms.