Posts Tagged: Astana

What’s the link between reducing poverty and protecting the environment?

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Filed under: Development Environment Poverty

Henrieta Martonakova Reporting back from the Astana ‘Environment for Europe’ Ministerial Conference According to the 2010 Millennium Development Goals report for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, in 2009, 36  percent of the population in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, or about 160 million people, were considered poor or at risk of poverty, living on less… Read more »

Risk prevention in Central Asia: some progress, but still a dilemma

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Filed under: Climate change Disaster response Environment Poverty

 Alessandra Bravi I could not help leaving the interagency meeting in Almaty on risk prevention and management in Central Asia earlier this month with the feeling that, while some progress has been made, much still needs to be done to ensure that the region is resilient to challenges such as water and energy supply or… Read more »