The Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation was signed on the margins of the international conference “The Role of Water Diplomacy in Achieving Sustainable Development of Central Asia” held in Ashgabat by the State Committee for Water Management of Turkmenistan and the Regiona...

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change invites young people to take part in the V Global Competition for Environmental Videos. The purpose of the competition is to mobilize young people from all over the world to solve the pressing problems of humanity. Young people fro...

Speaking to young Māoris and people of the Pacific islands in New Zealand, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said “nature does not negotiate”. He emphasized four key measures that Governments should prioritize in order to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Acknowledging the ...

These many day, residents of Ashgabat are watching a playful dance of the most magnificent insects on Earth – butterflies. So much beauty immediately filled the city! With the first rays of the sun, they begin to flit in the air, giving magic and good mood to passersby. ...

Representatives of UN funds, international organizations and diplomatic missions accredited in Turkmenistan, invited by President Berdimuhamedov on a working trip to the shore of the Altyn Asyr Lake, noted its importance for solving the Aral Sea problem. The project of the man...

Environmentalist Ti Ostmo of British Cornwall celebrated her centenary with a climate change beach party. “I want to know that everything is moving in the right direction before I leave,” said the hero of the day. Mrs. Ostmo asked people to plant trees instead of buying gifts ...

Almaty hosted the I International Climate Box Project Competition on Climate Change, organized by UNDP. The winner was a participant from Turkmenistan Serdar Chariev - 10th grader of Ashgabat school number 27. His work “Solar Desalination in Everyday Life” received the highest ra...

As part of the info tour in India, ORIENT met with representatives of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). Board members spoke about the organization’s activities and prospects for cooperation with Turkmenistan. - The climate of Turkmenistan is very similar to the Indian on...

Central Asian countries approved water limits for the period of active growth and development of plants (the growing season) in 2019. The relevant agreement was reached by representatives of relevant departments at the 76th meeting of the Interstate Coordination Water Management ...

It is estimated that about half of the world’s obsolete pesticides can be found in the former Soviet Union, with many of them stored throughout Central Asia. CA-NEWS reports it citing to the accession of experts of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO...