A national workshop was held in Ashgabat on 12–13 May 2025 as part of the GEF–UNDP–UNESCO project “Strengthening the resilience of Central Asian countries by enabling regional cooperation to assess glacio-nival systems to develop integrated methods for sustainable development and adaptation to climate change.” The workshop aimed to translate regional priorities into concrete national actions to strengthen cryosphere monitoring and climate resilience in Turkmenistan.

Collaboration between China and African nations is converting barren deserts into vibrant ecosystems. The Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) is applying Chinese desert management techniques to establish a groundbreaking China-Africa Green Technology Park in Mauritania, encompassing 6.58 acres of previously unusable desert land.

The UNDP has initiated a new project in Turkmenistan entitled "Developing Turkmenistan's National Capacity by Improving the Regulatory and Legal Framework towards an Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Construction Sector." This project is financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and is being implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan.

On April 24–25, 2025, the city of Bishkek is hosting the international conference “Global Mountain Dialogue for Sustainable Development: Towards the Bishkek+25 Summit”

One hundred trees were planted, symbolizing the strong bonds of friendship, mutual respect, and solidarity among the peoples of the SCO member states.

On April 22, Earth Day is celebrated all over the world.

The Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development of Tsinghua University (Tsinghua ICCSD) and Global Times Online (Huanqiu.com) jointly released a research report titled "China's Green and Low-Carbon Development

From 5 to 12 April 2025, within the framework of the Erasmus+ project “Strengthening Higher Education Capacity” – “Integrating Environment, Societal Needs and Good Governance in Education and Employment in Central Asia” (ESGCA), a group of specialists consisting of teachers from the State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan and the International Oil and Gas University named after Yagshygeldi Kakayev made a working visit to Bratislava (Slovakia)

The 3rd International Student Leadership Meeting on Sustainable Development (ISLMS 2025), organized by the University of Szeged jointly with the international organization UI GreenMetric, was held in Szeged, Hungary, from April 10 to 12, 2025

Central Asian countries are facing serious consequences of climate change, which have a negative impact on various aspects of life and the economy of the region. Critical problems include rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, melting glaciers, increasing frequency of extreme weather events, the Aral crisis, shallowing of the Caspian Sea and others