[Read the full nuclear energy position paper] Amid ongoing global debate over the role of nuclear power in climate policy — and in the year marking the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, whose consequences hit the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia region particularly hard — the Climate Action Network Eastern Europe, Caucasus and…
Convened by UN-Habitat and hosted by the Government of Azerbaijan, the 13th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) took place in Baku from 17-22 May. The Forum brought together governments, local authorities, UN agencies, civil society organizations, academia, youth representatives, urban practitioners, and private-sector actors to exchange perspectives on responses to urban transformation and…
Published by Agora Energiewende on 26 June 2026, this policy brief investigates how deeper cross-border power system integration could accelerate the energy transition across Central Asia while lowering costs and improving energy security. The findings draw on the PyPSA-SPICE Central Asia model, a detailed power system model covering Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, developed to analyse…
Published by Agora Energiewende on 26 June 2026, this policy brief examines how Kazakhstan can scale up renewable energy while keeping its power system reliable and affordable. The analysis is based on detailed power system modelling and operational assessment of the country’s electricity grid, focusing on the flexibility needed to integrate growing shares of wind,…