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In
response to criticism over an initially all-male
panel for COP29, Azerbaijan's president, Ilham
Aliyev, has added 12 women and one man to the
committee, totaling 29 men and 12 women. The
move follows condemnation from campaigners and
groups, including She Changes Climate, who
emphasized the need for equal representation in
climate talks. While welcoming the inclusion of
women, advocates argue that the changes fall
short of achieving a 50:50 gender balance,
highlighting the ongoing challenge of
underrepresentation of women at major climate
talks.
Central
Asia faces severe vulnerability to climate
change, with rising temperatures, glacier
melting, and poor water management leading to
critical water scarcity and dry hazards. The
consequences are disrupting economies and
environmental security, revealing a knowledge
gap hindering informed climate policies. Despite
surveys in Uzbekistan highlighting positive
views on the environment, concerns focus on
immediate issues like pollution, yet a
substantial majority express worry about climate
change, attributing it to pollution,
industrialization, human activities, and
water-related problems. The study underscores
the multifaceted nature of public understanding,
emphasizing the need for informed climate
policies in Central Asia.
Green
Alternative" will hold a meeting on the topic -
"Climate change and the need for actions at the
local level". The event will be held for
representatives of public organizations in
Kakheti region. Working meeting will be held on
January 26 in Telavi municipality. The purpose
of the meeting is to identify and discuss the
upcoming challenges caused by climate change
with stakeholders. Registration will be open
until 25 January
The
international environmental coalition Rivers
Without Borders has appealed to UNESCO and the
International Union for Conservation of Nature
over plans to exclude the Chatkal River
floodplain from the Besh-Aral Reserve in
Kyrgyzstan for the construction of hydroelectric
power plants and gold mining. The reserve is
part of the Western Tien Shan World Natural
Heritage Site. The planned HPP project raises
concerns among environmentalists, as it will
lead to the destruction of the central ecosystem
of the reserve and damage the unique natural
complex.
The
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of
the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nurzhan Nurzhigitov,
discussed strategic directions and priorities of
water resources in 2024. The objectives include
proper use of water resources, improvement of
irrigation systems, introduction of water-saving
technologies and digitalization of water supply
processes. Kazakhstan plans to reduce dependence
on neighboring countries by 25% by having
sufficient water resources, and is working on
issues related to a convention on water
allocation with border countries.
Russia
and Kazakhstan have signed a new protocol for
their bilateral oil transit agreement to China,
increasing Russia's annual oil exports through
Kazakhstan's territory from 7 million tons to 10
million tons. The agreement also allows
Kazakhstan to supply about one million tons of
oil and gas condensate to its petrochemical
plant in Pavlodar via Russian territory.
Additionally, a new paragraph in the agreement
allows for annual adjustments of tariffs for oil
transit, capped at rates set for non-transit oil
transportation, addressing changes in transit
fees for the Kazakhstani part of the TON-2
pipeline.
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Greenpeace
Nordic and Natur og Ungdom (Young Friends of the
Earth Norway) have won a significant legal
victory against the Norwegian State, rendering
approvals for three North Sea oil and gas fields
(Breidablikk, Yggdrasil, and Tyrving) invalid.
The environmental organizations argued that the
approvals violated the Norwegian Constitution,
European Economic Area law, and international
human rights commitments. The Oslo District
Court ruled the approvals invalid, citing
inadequate impact assessments, procedural
problems in the approval process, and a
violation of legal precedent by not subjecting
combustion emissions to an environmental impact
assessment, marking a substantial reference
point for climate lawsuits worldwide.
The
Chilean Senate unanimously voted to ratify the
UN Ocean Treaty, a historic conservation
agreement adopted in 2023. Chile's ratification,
once published in the government's Official
Journal this month, will make it the first
country of the required 60 needed to ratify the
Treaty by the 2025 UN Ocean Conference. The UN
Ocean Treaty aims to protect 30% of the oceans
by 2030 and addresses increasing threats to the
High Seas, including industrial fishing,
pollution, and deep-sea mining.
The
International Energy Agency's (IEA) Renewables
2023 report serves as a comprehensive analysis
of the renewable energy sector, forecasting the
deployment of renewable technologies in
electricity, transport, and heat until 2028.
Following the COP28 climate change conference,
where over 130 national governments committed to
tripling the world's installed renewable energy
capacity to 11,000 GW by 2030, Renewables 2023
provides country-level analysis on progress
towards this global target. The report delves
into key developments, including policy trends,
solar PV manufacturing, competitiveness of
renewable technologies, energy storage, hydrogen
production capacity, prospects for renewable
energy companies, system integration, and a
special focus on biogas and biomethane
forecasts.
A new
study reveals that bottom trawling, a fishing
method that involves dragging huge nets across
the sea floor, releases large amounts of carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere. Plumes of carbon,
which would otherwise be safely stored in the
ocean floor, are unleashed by this practice,
contributing to global warming. The research
estimates that the carbon emitted by bottom
trawling annually is double the entire fishing
fleet's annual emissions, totaling around 370
million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, with
the damage concentrated in trawling hotspots
like the East China Sea, the Baltic and North
Seas, and the Greenland
Sea.
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