The Eurasian Climate Brief
The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast focusing on climate news in the region stretching from Eastern Europe, Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia. It aims to give a voice to the best experts and journalists, enabling them to make sense of a part of the world where environmental news is seriously underreported.
The podcast was launched in in October 2021, coinciding with COP26 in Glasgow. After a year-long hiatus, the podcast finally returns - just ahead of COP29 in Baku. Make sure to follow the show in you podcast app of choice!
The Eurasian Climate Brief
From Central Asia to the Amazon: preparing for COP30
Central Asia is among the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change. Already today, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are facing various climate consequences: from droughts to landslides, from glacier melts to flash floods. At the same time, this region's energy landscape contains almost all energy sources from fossil to renewables; to a varying degree, the energy transition is underway, even if not at the desired pace.
What are the five Central Asian delegations bringing to COP30 in Belém? Which are their plans on adaptation? Are fossil fuels being phased out? And what's happening on the important topic of just transition across Central Asian societies?
To learn about this and more, Dr. Bakhyt Yessekina, Founder and Director of Kazakhstan's "Green Academy" is joining us on this episode.
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The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia.
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Report cited in the episode:
https://caneecca.org/en/ndc-updates-in-eecca-findings-from-selected-countries/
Side event at COP30:
Formation of the Digital Platform for Article 6 in Central Asia
The Research and Educational Center “Green Academy”, in cooperation with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with the support of the ISTC (International Science and Technology Center) and international partners, will hold a side event “Formation of a Digital Platform for the Carbon Market in Central Asia” on November 14, 2025, at the Digital Innovation Pavilion, C90, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém, Brazil.
Date: November 14, 2025
Time: 09:00–11:30
Venue: Digital Innovation Pavilion, C90, Blue Zone, COP30, Belém
Format: Hybrid (online/offline)
Draft program: https://lnkd.in/dr_Q8fbU
Online registration: https://lnkd.in/dsuNit4F
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This episode is supported by n-ost, a media NGO and European Journalistic Network committed to cross-border and multi-prospective reporting, and made by:
- Boris Schneider, political economist. European Programme Manager at Clean Energy Wire CLEW (Berlin). Has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for n-ost and the German Economic Team.
- Angelina Davydova, environmental/climate journalist. Editor of the magazine Environment and Rights, co-host of the podcast The Day After Tomorrow (Posle Zavtra). Environmental projects coordinator with the Dialogue for Understanding e. V (Berlin). Fellow with the Institute for Global Reconstitution (Berlin). Observer of the UN climate negotiations (UNFCCC) since 2008. Expert/editor of the Ukraine War Environmental CUNFCCC) since 2008. Expert/editor of the Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group.
Jingle: Natallia Kunitskaya
Sound editing & mixing: Angelo Tripkovsky