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Central Asian FMs to sign ecological declaration in Berlin

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi will pay a visit to Germany on January 28, Kazinform reports.

World News > Diplomacy

24.01.2020 18:47

Trail camera captures snow leopard with cubs in mountains near Almaty

ALMATY. KAZINFORM A mother snow leopard and her two cubs were caught on a trail camera in the mountains near Almaty, the Instagram post of head of Kazakh Tourism National Company JSC Yerzhan Yerkinbayev reads.

Society > Environment

21.01.2020 11:52

Snow and black ice to batter Turkestan rgn

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM A storm alert was issued in Turkestan region, Kazhydromet reports.

Regions > Turkestan region

15.01.2020 08:11

Global goals top General Assembly President’s priority list

ABU DHABI. KAZINFORM The President of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on Monday set out his 2020 priorities, which aim to make the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality by the start of the next decade.

Society > Environment

14.01.2020 18:43

Inaction over climate emergency ‘not an option’ says UN Assembly chief

ABU-DHABI. KAZINFORM Inaction when it comes to the fight back against damaging climate change is not an option, the President of the UN General Assembly told a major energy conference in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

World News > World News

13.01.2020 20:49

UNDP launches Ocean Innovation Challenge

NEW YORK. KAZINFORM The momentum on ocean protection and restoration has rapidly accelerated particularly since the 2017 Ocean Conference.

Society > Environment

09.01.2020 21:51

Kazakhstan and Russia to set up expert group to explore River Ural

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan and Russia will set up an expert group to study hydrological regime of the River Ural, Kazakh Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources said.

Society > Environment

08.01.2020 12:32

Researchers use sea turtles to predict ocean temperature change

TOKYO. KAZINFORM While measuring sea temperatures and predicting changes is key to long-term weather forecasts, a group of researchers have come up with an unusual way to improve the accuracy of prediction -- attaching monitoring devices to sea turtles.

World News > World News

30.12.2019 08:46

Turkestan region Governor, Italian investors debate promising projects

TURKESTAN. KAZINFORM Turkestan region Governor Umirzak Shukeyev met with heads of Italian companies to debate promising projects and prospects for the development of energy cooperation, the governor’s press service reports.

Regions > Turkestan region

24.12.2019 20:00

Kazakhstan to generate energy from garbage

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - More than 9 thousand illegal dump sites have been identified in Kazakhstan owing to space monitoring, said Magzum Mirzagaliyev, Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources at a briefing in Central Communications Service.

Society > Ecology

24.12.2019 16:45

New Environmental Code to stimulate enterprises to modernize production – Askar Mamin

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - At the Government session chaired by Prime Minister Askar Mamin, a draft of the new Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan was considered, Kazinform has learnt from the prime minister’s press service.

Politics > Government

24.12.2019 13:04

Over 100,000 people sign petition to prohibit catching whales in Russia

VLADIVOSTOK, December 24. /TASS/. A petition to prohibit catching dolphins and whales for cultural and educational purposes gathered more than 100,000 signatories on the Russian Public Initiative website and is now to be considered by an expert group of a federal level, TASS reports.

World News > World News

24.12.2019 10:39

The dying river photo exhibition kicks off in Atyrau

ATYRAU. KAZINFORM A photo exhibition featuring the dying river Ural kicked off in Atyrau, Kazinform reports.

Society > Environment

23.12.2019 22:41

NZ volcano eruption death toll rises to 17 after another person dies

WELLINGTON. KAZINFORM New Zealand police said on Monday that one of those injured during the eruption of a volcano visited by tourists earlier this month died in an Auckland hospital, bringing the official death toll to 17 while two remain missing.

World News > World News

23.12.2019 17:16

N Kazakhstan to build wind farm

PETROPAVLOVSK. KAZINFORM North Kazakhstan region plans to build a wind park with 25 wind generators, Kazinform correspondent reports. Arman Urazgulov, chief of the Department for Industrial and Innovative Development, said it at a meeting on development of investment projects in the region.

Regions > North Kazakhstan region

23.12.2019 14:20

Multilateral consultations to be held on dev't of UN Special Program for Aral Sea Basin

ASHGABAT. KAZINFORM Multilateral consultations will be held at Turkmenistan's Foreign Affairs Ministry on the development of the UN Special Program for the Aral Sea Basin (UN SPAS) on Dec. 18, Trend reports referring to the State News Agency of Turkmenistan.

Society > Environment

19.12.2019 13:54

Climate talks end with no deal amid deep divisions

MADRID. KAZINFORM U.N. climate change talks wrapped up Sunday with countries putting off a deal until next year amid deep divisions over how to fight global warming.

World News > World News

16.12.2019 11:24

Climate activists protest new plans amid EU summit

ANKARA. KAZINFORM Climate activists on Thursday protested new action plans of European countries for climate change ahead of EU leaders’ summit.

Society > Environment

13.12.2019 10:10

ADB meets commitment to double annual climate financing to $6 billion

MANILA. KAZINFORM The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has achieved a key commitment to double its annual climate investments from $3 billion in 2014, hitting a record high of more than $6 billion in climate-related financing in 2019.

Society > Environment

09.12.2019 21:39

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

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