OSCE supports book presentation on environmental challenges in Kazakhstan
The OSCE-supported book presentation “Tomorrow was late. Environmental risks in Kazakhstan” took place on 17 June 2021 in Nur-Sultan. The book was prepared by the Private Dossym Satpayev Foundation in partnership with the Kazakh-German University, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the online eco-journal Living Asia.
The event focused on major environmental challenges and aimed to show the connection between environmental risks and economic destabilization in the country. Some 20 representatives from the Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources Ministry, the Education Ministry, international organizations and academia attended the event and discussed ecological risks based on the main findings and recommendations in the book.
Thirty local experts developed the manual last year in Kazakh and Russian, and it is available on YouTube. It covers seven broad topics such as water resources, air quality, waste management, soil degradation, biodiversity, climate change and the energy carriers sector.
The event is part of the Programme Office’s long-standing efforts to promote awareness-raising about major environmental challenges, and to promote sustainable development practices in the host country.