With the exception of Kazakhstan, Central Asian countries did not take the opportunity to ramp up their emissions reduction targets at the Climate Ambition Summit in December 2020. An environmental campaigner says realisation of the climate crisis is dawning in the region, and that this must be matched with increased ambition

Authorities prefer to pour money into huge vanity projects than invest in local water solutions to help long-suffering farmers, says writer and environmental activist Farid Tukhbatullin