It is no secret that climate change and an increase in the frequency and intensity of droughts in Central Asia pose a serious threat to ecosystems in arid and semi-arid regions. Drought increases the accumulation of salts in the upper layers of the soil and activates the processes of salinization of agricultural land.
Ensuring people's right to access to water and responsibility for it should become the duty of all states, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov said speaking via visual communication at the 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit, which is being held in the Japanese city of Kumamoto.
On the occasion of the International Mother Earth Day, on 22 April, UNDP Turkmenistan, together with the Nature Protection Society of Turkmenistan and other national partners, organized the “Green Games” for students at school No 1 of Anev town, Ahal velayat.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, together with the British Embassy and the office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Ashgabat, held an online meeting on the results of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP26), held last November in British Glasgow.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is willing to cooperate with Turkmenistan in reducing harmful emissions into the atmosphere and is ready to help stop the leakage of natural gas in the crater, which is located in the Darvaza region.
Within the framework of the joint project of UNDP and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan "Sustainable Cities in Turkmenistan: Integrated Green Urban Development in Ashgabat and Avaza”, UNDP with the support of UNEP organized a webinar on the intermediate results of the preparation of the Fourth National Communication on Climate Change (NC4) and First Biennial Update Report of Turkmenistan under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Today, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s accession to the United Nations, the Government of Turkmenistan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a new project “Conservation and Sustainable Management of Land Resources and High Nature Value Ecosystems in the Aral Sea Basin for Multiple Benefits”, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which will be implemented jointly by UNDP and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan.
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Turkmenistan held a meeting with young eco-activists to familiarize them with the activities of UNDP in Turkmenistan in the area of environment and climate change and engage youth in the initiatives to raise environmental awareness and promote environmentally friendly behavior among population.
Turkish company Çalik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. won a tender for the construction of the first hybrid solar-wind power plant with a capacity of 10 MW in Turkmenistan.
Adoption of a program in China to create an energy industry, based on the generation of electricity using hydrogen, provoked the growth of shares of engineering companies, producing electric vehicles.
A Persian leopard was spotted on the territory of the Badkhyz State Nature Reserve. The spotted predator fell into the lens of the camera trap.
At the Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries, has established the production of A-98 gasoline, which meets the requirements of the EURO-6 quality standard and can be exported to countries with strict environmental legislation.
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov ordered to stop the leak and ignition of gas in a crater that was formed in Darvaza region in the 1970s. Despite the fact that the gas crater has become a popular tourist attraction, the gas that burns in it harms the environment and affects the health of local residents.
