Kazakhstan has been promoting the idea of an international water organization under the UN for almost a year At the SCO Plus summit in Beijing, President Tokayev again urged the creation of a UN-backed International Water Organization.
Kazakhstan sent nearly 500 specialists abroad for water management training. Since the creation of the specialized ministry, Kazakhstan systematically invests not only in reservoirs and canals, but also in the people who manage them.
Israel builds one of the world's largest water desalination plants Israel prepares to build a giant desalination complex to address its future freshwater shortage.
Kazakhstan identified 32 sites for the construction of small hydropower plants. Kazakhstan found a way to generate power from existing water infrastructure, without waiting for new large plants to be built.
UNDP discussed three environmental projects for the Caspian Sea with Kazakhstan. A consultative meeting on UNDP regional initiatives was held at the Kazakh Research Institute of the Caspian Sea.
Kazakhstan may cut tax on underground water for farmers fivefold The government is considering a nearly fivefold cut in the groundwater extraction tax for agricultural producers.
Cloud seeding in Kazakhstan — dispute with neighbors persists three months later Kazakhstan's drought-fighting program, launched in May, still sparks controversy three months later.