Uzbek president proposes the creation of the interstate consortium "Clean Air of Central Asia"

Uzbek president proposes the creation of the interstate consortium "Clean Air of Central Asia"

In Central Asia, the average annual temperature is rising twice as fast as the global average. Almost a third of the region’s glaciers have been lost, precipitation is unstable, and water resource shortages are increasing. Degradation has already affected 80 million hectares of land, stated President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the regional environmental summit in Astana. He expressed concern about the decline in global environmental sol…