Bishkek – March 19, 2022 – A national discussion “Climate Action and Climate Science: Can Code Red for Kyrgyzstan be averted?” took place to discuss the recently published Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is the most comprehensive assessment of climate change to date. The discussion was attended…
The Armenian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum condemns the unleashing of the war of Russia against Ukraine. On February 23, 2022 the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a special military operation in Donbas, which was followed by a large-scale attack on Ukraine by the Russian armed forces in several…
In the early morning of 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale war on Ukraine. Since then, fierce fighting engulfed Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Mariupol, Volnovakha, Kherson, their suburbs and other towns across the country.
Climate Action Network Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia with the support of CAN International, and CAN Europe organized a press briefing on March 2nd. Speakers from Ukrainian NGOs explained the current situation in Ukraine and how it affects the energy security of other countries.
Today, while explosions are thundering in Ukraine, and Russia is mercilessly killing people and destroying nature, a new IPCC report is being released about the catastrophic consequences caused by burning the same thing that fuels war — fossil fuels. Civil society representatives are warning governments that the report’s findings will be hard to ignore and…
We members of the CAN EECCA have been following the threats of the Russian authorities against Ukraine and, unfortunately, on the morning of February 24th, news appeared about the full-scale invasion of the Russian army into Ukraine. Our network’s Board contacted Olha Boiko, CAN Coordinator for Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia (CAN EECCA) in…
In December 2020, our team released the Review regarding Climate Policy in the EECCA region. In that document, we pieced together the most up-to-date information on the countries’ plans on reducing emissions in different sectors, on adaptation and updating their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and their positions for UN Climate negotiations.