The color created by the Egyptians thousands of years ago, has found a modern application. Its pigment can significantly improve the energy efficiency, cooling the roof and walls, as well as collecting sunlight through the windows. The blue color obtained by the Egyptians from...

The ambitious project to build an artificial lake "Altyn Asyr" in the north of Turkmenistan, which is currently implemented by one third, has already begun to significantly affect the ecosystem of nearby territories. Thus, according to scientists of the Gaplangyr Reserve, a n

The UK's leading bus operator, Go-Ahead, launched the Bluestar model of buses, which not only carry passengers, but also clean the air. A barrier filter built by Pall Aerospace, a manufacturer of filtration systems for aircraft and ships, is built into the roof of Bluestar. Th...

Plastic pollution has become one of the most serious environmental problems at the global level, stimulating searches in various branches of science and technology. However, according to British botanists, nature is already armed with biological protection from plastic plague. ...

The American food company Coca-Cola has promised to process 100% of plastic bottles it produces for drinks by 2030. To do this, the world's largest supplier of soft drinks intends to expand the processing and recycling of plastic in the countries of East Africa. "Coca-Cola" ha

Almaty hosted the two-day workshop “Tailor-made support for environmental project identification and preparation for consideration by IFIs” was organized by the EU-funded project "EU-Central Asia Enhanced Regional Cooperation on Environment, Climate Change and Water" (WECOOP) whi...

More than three decades ago, the world community realized the urgent need to phase out the use of ozone-depleting substances in order to preserve the ozone layer for present and future generations. Scientific confirmation of the depletion of the natural shield, which protects

The United Nations Green Climate Fund (GCF), a financial mechanism established under the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change, intends to expand the portfolio of partner climate change projects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia with the launch of the GCF regiona

On the coast of the British island of Walney in the Irish sea, southern part of the County of Cumbria, the world's largest offshore wind farm Walney Extension came into operation. 87 wind turbines from the world-famous manufacturers Vestas and Siemens Gamesa, located on an are

Large-scale development of renewable energy sources can cause serious climate changes with concomitant consequences, say many environmentalists and climatologists. However, for some regions of the Earth shifts in weather balance can be positive, and for some – detrimental. Th...