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Global warming is robbing world's oceans of oxygen

MADRID. KAZINFORM The amount of oxygen in the world's oceans decreased by 2 percent between 1960 and 2010 and is expected to go down by a further 3-4 percent by the year 2100 as a result of global warming, something that will have an effect on habitats and the coastal economies that depend on them.

Society > Ecology

08.12.2019 12:23

Kazakhstan invites Canadian investors to cooperate in mining sector

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Magzum Mirzagaliyev, Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan, received Stephane Dion, Canadian Ambassador to Germany and special envoy to the European Union and Canadian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Nicholas Brousseau on Tuesday, Kazinform has learnt from the ministry’s press service.

Society > Ecology

20.11.2019 18:45

Number of RES projects in Kazakhstan increases

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Today, at the Government’s sitting, Vice Minister of Energy Makhambet Dosmukhambetov reported about the situation on introduction of renewable energy sources in Kazakhstan.

Society > Ecology

12.11.2019 13:40

UN chief says cities consume two-thirds of the world's energy

NEW YORK. KAZINFORM - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on World Cities Day on October 31 said that the cities consume more than two-thirds of the world’s energy, and account for more than 70 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, according to IRNA.

Society > Environment

31.10.2019 16:28

Germany allots 4.5 mln euros for low-carbon development strategy

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Beginning from 2014 the country's emissions exceed the obligations under the Paris Agreement, said Magzum Mirzagaliyev, Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, at today’s governmental meeting.

Society > Environment

29.10.2019 17:51

11 more beluga whales from Srednyaya Bay released in Russia

KHABAROVSK. KAZINFORM - A new group of beluga whales that had been staying in the Srednyaya Bay have been released to the wild in the Khabarovsk Region, the Russian Science and Research Institute of Fishery and Oceanography (VNIRO) told TASS on Wednesday.

Society > Environment

23.10.2019 15:05

Kazakhstan celebrates Int’l Snow Leopard Day

ALMATY. KAZINFORM – International Snow Leopard Day is an annual holiday celebrated in different countries across the world. It is dedicated to saving one of the rarest wild cats on the planet, Kazinform correspondent reports.

Society > Environment

23.10.2019 12:49

Uzbeks detained after ‘trying to smuggle endangered baby orangutan’ to Kazakhstan

TASHKENT. KAZINFORM - Uzbek customs officers have stopped an attempt to smuggle an orangutan cub to Kazakhstan, Kazinform correspondent reports.

News

16.10.2019 09:41

Kazakh President planting trees in Botanical Garden

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Press Secretary of Kazakhstan President Berik Uali has published a video of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s participation in a republican volunteer clean-up.

Society > Ecology

12.10.2019 13:05

Nur-Sultan holds republican tree planting campaign

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - A republican tree planting campaign has been carried out in Nur-Sultan city as part of the ecological month. This event is timed to the World Forest Planting Day, Kazinform reports.

Society > Culture

12.10.2019 12:45

Brussels conference considers expanding coop between Europe and Asia

BRUSSELS. KAZINFORM – In Brussels representatives of diplomatic corps and expert community have considered measures to implement EU Strategy on expanding cooperation between Europe and Asia, Kazinform correspondent reports.

Politics > Eurasian Economic Union

09.10.2019 10:12

PM Mamin, Mayor of Turkestan region launch republican tree planting campaign

TURKESTAN. KAZINFORM – Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin is on a working trip to Turkestan region, Kazinform reports citing the press service of the regional governor’s office.

News

03.10.2019 14:02

Scientists release 14 belugas from Srednyaya Bay in Sea of Okhotsk

VLADIVOSTOK. KAZINFORM - Experts of the Russian Research Institute for Fishery and Oceanography (VNIRO) have released 14 beluga whales that had been previously kept in Srednyaya Bay in the Primorsky Region, VNIRO reported on Wednesday.

World News > World News

02.10.2019 18:42

What 'green' energy projects will be implemented in Kazakhstan

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM On the margins of the III Renewable Energy Summit in Nur-Sultan, CEO of the Renewable Energy Association of Kazakhstan Arman Kashkinbekov announced what RES projects would be implemented in the country soon, Kazinform correspondent reports.

Society > Ecology

25.09.2019 13:58

Greta Thunberg tells world leaders ‘you are failing us’, as nations announce fresh climate action

UNITED NATIONS. KAZINFORM Speaking at the beginning of the UN’s Climate Action Summit on Monday, the 16-year-old acclaimed climate activist Greta Thunberg, was unsparing in her criticism of world leaders, telling them that they are still «not mature enough to tell it like it is», the UN News Centre informs.

Society > Ecology

24.09.2019 15:24

Kazakh company produces building materials from waste

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – «EcostroyNII-PV» company makes in-home production and sales of innovative building materials made from ash and slag waste.

Regions > Regions

21.09.2019 20:17

'Don't have Planet B': Asia, Africa join climate strike

NAIROBI. KAZINFORM - Activists across Africa and Asia, the most populous continents on the globe, took to the streets on Friday to raise their voice against the imminent threat of climate change.

World News > World News

21.09.2019 14:12

Australian students skip school to protest for climate action

MELBOURNE. KAZINFORM - Tens of thousands of students skipped school Friday to attend School Strike 4 Climate rallies across Australia, ahead of the U.N. Climate Summit to be held in New York on Monday, Keyodo reported.

World News > World News

21.09.2019 09:04

Brazilian initiative protects 40 million sea turtles

BRASILIA. KAZINFORM - In sea turtles’ next spawning season on the Brazilian coast, bathed by the Atlantic Ocean, the Tamar environmental protection project is likely to reach the threshold of 40 million protected animals over the course of nearly four decades of work, Kazinform refers to Aagenciabrasil.

Society > Ecology

20.09.2019 12:26

Russia’s State Duma OKs convention on legal status of the Caspian

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM – On September 19 a plenary session of Russia’s State Duma has ratified the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, Kazinform correspondent reports.

Society > Ecology

20.09.2019 11:56

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