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.

By 48 cm, to be precise, the water level in the Aral Sea has risen, the official website of the akimat of the Kyzylorda region of Kazakhstan reports.

The countries have reached a historic agreement on the protection of the oceans after 10 years of negotiations. The High Seas Treaty aims to make 30% of the seas protected areas for the protection and restoration of marine nature by 2030.

In 2022, Germany imported equipment for solar power plants worth about €3.6 billion, while imports from China amounted to just over €3.1 billion, which is about 87% of total imports. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office Destatis.

Bouygues Turkmen company intends to regularly hold environmental events for children in Ashgabat at its new Carbon Training Center, representatives of the company told ORIENT.

The organizers of the XIX Asian Summer Games 2022 in Hangzhou presented an Action Plan for a multi-sport event with zero waste.

Turkmenistan, together with the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), is implementing a project to phase out hydrochlorofluorocarbons, the UN press service in Turkmenistan reports.

The famous Canadian skating rink Rideau Canal Skateway, which is the world's largest skating rink with natural ice, will not open for the first time this winter season due to insufficiently cold weather, reports Reuters.

The new French investment fund GREEN INVEST with $92.63 million will finance the production of solar energy in West and Central Africa, Reuters reports, citing a statement by the manager of the French fund.

The Chinese company Jiangxi LDK Solar Hi-Tech Co Ltd plans to build a large plant for the production of solar panels in the Fergana region of Uzbekistan. The total cost of the plant will be $75 million, Renewables Now reports, citing a statement from the administration of the Fergana region.