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.

A delegation from Turkmenistan took part in the 7th EU-Central Asia High–level Conference on Environment and Water Resources, which ended in Rome.

Best practices in the field of planning measures for adaptation to climate change is the main topic of the seminar, which started today in Turkmenistan in a hybrid format.

The United Nations Development Program in Turkmenistan held a round table on conservation and sustainable management of land resources in the Aral Sea basin in the Dashoguz region, according to the organization's Instagram page.

The Ministry of Nature of Russia will hold a winter accounting of Caspian seals, which are found dead on the seashore every year, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press service of the ministry.

Graduates of the FLEX program for high school students from all over Turkmenistan took part in an eco-campaign, the website of the American Councils in Turkmenistan reports.

The Akpatlavuk mud volcano — one of the largest in the world — has begun to erupt in the south-west of Turkmenistan, the MIR 24 TV channel reported on Friday.