Evgeny Vinokurov, Vice-Chairman and Chief Economist of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), presented the EDB research on Central Asia’s water and energy challenges at the ADFIAP Annual Meeting 2025 in Muscat. The plenary session highlighted urgent issues and actionable strategies for sustainable water management in the region. The key findings of the EDB’s think tank in regards […]
Central Asia expands cooperation on sustainable use of shared rivers
Over the past three years, the Central Asian countries have concluded four new bilateral agreements on river water resources management. In the context of climate change, cooperation between the countries of the region is becoming more active. However, there are still gaps in the protection of transboundary groundwater. These topics were discussed at a regional […]
UNDP Continues to Strengthen the Capacity of Local Communities for Effective Water Resource Management in Turkmenistan
On October 17-18, 2024, in Lebap province, the UNDP project “Conservation and sustainable management of land resources and high nature value ecosystems in the Aral Sea basin for multiple benefits,” implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan and funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), held a practical workshop on effective […]
Kyrgyzstan explains its position on shared water resources
nCa Report Some of the shared water resources of Central Asia originate or pass through the territory of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. While Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are rich in the hydrocarbon resources, they are dependent on the upper riparian neighbours for their share of water. The question of the shared water resources, after meandering for […]
World Water Week – 25-29 August 2024
The World Water Week, 25-29 August 2024, is being observed with the theme ‘Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future’. As a matter of fact, the scarcity of water in many countries has reached the level where we should mark every day is the World Water Day. — The choice is stark: Life, […]
Timing the first emergence and disappearance of global water scarcity
The Nature Communications has published a research report titled ‘Timing the first emergence and disappearance of global water scarcity.’ It has been authored by Junguo Liu, Delong Li, He Chen, Hong Wang, Yoshihide Wada, Matti Kummu, Simon Newland Gosling, Hong Yang, Yadu Pokhrel & Philippe Ciais. Timing the first emergence and disappearance of global water […]
Turkmenistan foreign office press release on recent Afghan visit and trans-boundary issues
One of the main directions of Turkmenistan’s foreign policy is the further development and strengthening of comprehensive relations with neighboring states. As previously reported, during the period from March 4 to 6 of this year, a representative delegation of Afghanistan led by the Acting Minister of Industry and Trade Alhaj Nuruddin Azizi visited Turkmenistan to […]
SUEZ Company Eyes Partnership with Turkmenistan for Water Projects
On 1 March 2024, at the Embassy of Turkmenistan in France, Ambassador Maksat Chariev met with representatives of the SUEZ company: Mr. Paul Bourdillon, General Director of SUEZ Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia, as well as Mr. Timothée Cargill, Director of International Development, Embassy of Turkmenistan to France reports. SUEZ, a global leader in water […]
Ecology, climate and water are the foundation of effective domestic and foreign policy
Ismail Dairov “Our country is part of a transboundary water system” — President Sadyr Japarov, II People’s Kurultai, Bishkek, December 15-16, 2023 Environmental, climate change and water policy issues have been the focus of the author’s professional interests throughout his more than 30-year career at the national and regional levels. Moreover, if the first part […]
International Conference on Financial and Investment Support of Water Resources Rational Use Measures Concludes Successfully in Turkmenistan
Photo: © UN RCO in Turkmenistan Ashgabat, 20 June 2023 – The Government of Turkmenistan, in collaboration with the United Nations (UN), hosted a highly successful international conference on “Financial and Investment Support of Water Resources Rational Use Measures.” The event, co-moderated by Mr. Dmitry Shlapachenko, UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, brought together high-level representatives […]
USAID Workshop Familiarizes Turkmenistan Government Officials with Latest Innovations in Natural Resource Forecast Modeling
Last week in Ashgabat, USAID hosted a national workshop to familiarize government officials in Turkmenistan with the latest innovations for improved forecast modeling of natural resource use in the Amu Darya River Basin. The workshop focused on software packages — Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP), Low-Emission Analysis Platforms (LEAP) and others — to help participants […]
USAID-Hosted Meeting Focuses on Improving Water Resources Management in Turkmenistan
This week, the USAID Regional Water and Vulnerable Environment Activity hosted the 5th National Intersectoral Committee (NIC) meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. According to USAID, representatives from national water-energy-food and environment-related ministries and agencies took part along with other water management organizations and research institutions. At the meeting, USAID presented the results of its work in […]
Turkmenistan – the water conservation agenda in action
The government of Turkmenistan undertakes a number of significant efforts to maintain an adequate water supply for the agro-industrial sector, the population, and industrial enterprises. At the same time, the main emphasis is on the use of science-based advanced methods of irrigation, water use, construction of hydro facilities. Artificial pastures on the banks of the […]
Water Resources Management Center to open in Turkmenistan on the Amu Darya
During a video conference on Monday, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov instructed Deputy Prime Minister Yazmyradov, who oversees the agro-industrial complex, to create a permanent water resources management center in Kerki. The head of state asked to hold visiting meetings of the center taking into account the volume of water reserves. He also stressed the importance of […]
Central Asia – Shared Waters, Shared Destiny
nCa Commentary Karachi, 24 April 2017 –Recently Almaty hosted a meeting of the ecologists of five Central Asian countries. They discussed environmental problems that, as it turned out, were peculiar not only to Central Asia, but also to the most seemingly prosperous European powers. According to WHO, deteriorating environment in Europe and Central Asia leads […]
Integration of Central Asia – way to solve regional water and energy problems
nCa Commentary The division of water resources is a key problem in Central Asia and some steps have been taken to resolve this issue. For instance, there are bilateral agreements between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan but the issue cannot be dealt with adequately unless all the five countries of Central Asia – Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, […]