On 21 September 2016, The Republic of Moldova and Kyrgyzstan signed the Paris Agreement, bringing the total number of signatories up to 187. This follows the signing of the Paris Agreement by Malawi, Armenia, Zambia and Chile on 20 September. At the twenty-first...
Vyacheslav Miroshkin’s childhood in Kyrgyzstan three decades ago was characterized by long, cold winters. “You could pour a few buckets of water on the ground and you would have an ice rink for the whole season. In recent times we have not had many like that,” said...
High in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan Mountains, the twin effects of climate change and gold mining have combined to pose a potential environmental and human health disaster. A melting glacier is feeding a rapidly expanding lake, which experts fear could burst its banks and...
