CENTRAL ASIA EMBARKS ON AMBITIOUS RENEWABLES DRIVE BUT FOSSIL FUELS STILL REIGN
March 18th, 2024
Central Asia’s five countries are mitigating climate change challenges by adopting more efficient water management practices and greener energy technologies. But regional fossil fuel usage remains high, despite all their governments’ stated goals to become carbon neutral, (except gas-rich Turkmenistan).
Three of the region’s five countries – Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – are rich in oil and natural gas, so are actively exploiting these deposits, which demand remains high as trading partners transition to green energy. Kyrgyzstan and ...
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