The Caspian Sea is the world's largest enclosed body on Earth. It is also facing an escalating environmental crisis that has seen its water levels fall by 2.5 meters over the past 20 years. This drama...

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Podcast Episode · The Eurasian Climate Brief · July 1 · 28m

Melting glaciers are often regarded as icons of climate change. But how were they viewed in the early days of glaciology and, more specifically, climate change research? When and how did scientific re...

Call-for-Action for sustainable transport and climate responsibility

Interview with Bermet Borubaeva, socialist and climate activist from Kyrgyzstan

The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast focusing on climate news in the region stretching from Eastern Europe, Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia. It aims to give a voice to the best experts...

Podcast Episode · The Eurasian Climate Brief · May 11 · 31m

Podcast Episode · The Eurasian Climate Brief · May 11 · 31m

The Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek ranks among the largest cities in all of Central Asia. Located close to the country's border with Kazakhstan, it lies just off the northern fringe of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too R...

Podcast Episode · The Eurasian Climate Brief · 12/23/2025 · 41m

Lake Balkhash is the 14th largest lake in the world and one of the largest in Asia. Its ecological importance is matched by the number of threats it has been facing for decades: copper mining, hydropo...

Podcast Episode · The Eurasian Climate Brief · 09/11/2025 · 29m

Central Asia is among the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change. Already today, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are facing various climate consequences: fro...

Podcast Episode · The Eurasian Climate Brief · 10/20/2025 · 44m

Central Asia is among the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change. And while some of the Central Asian countries are heavily reliant on fossil fuels, there is potential for renewable energy ...

Today, we are introducing you to two people at the forefront of activism and resistance to very concrete environmental issues in their home countries, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.Boris met Bermet Boruba...

Podcast Episode · The Eurasian Climate Brief · 09/07/2025 · 58m

Today, we are introducing you to two people at the forefront of activism and resistance to very concrete environmental issues in their home countries, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.Boris met Bermet Boruba...

Today, we are introducing you to two people at the forefront of activism and resistance to very concrete environmental issues in their home countries, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.Boris met Bermet Boruba...

Podcast Episode · The Eurasian Climate Brief · 09/07/2025 · 58m