The Eurasian Climate Brief
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Your climate podcast on a part of the world where environmental news is at best underreported and at worst a crime. Hosted by @boris101.bsky.social & Angelina Davydova. ▶️ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-eurasian-climate-brief/id159265549 ◀️
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(2/2) ...climate risks, the need for #adaptation, and, in particular, the interconnections between #climate, #gender, and #social issues. Tune in to learn about their fight against energy poverty for women-led households in #Tajikistan's remote mountainous regions.
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Of trolleybuses and mountains: struggling for clean air in Kyrgyzstan and community empowerment in Tajikistan - The Eurasian Climate Brief
Today, we are introducing you to two people at the forefront of activism and resistance to very concrete environmental issues in their home countries, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.Boris met Bermet Boruba...
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(1/2) The second guest of our new episode is Tajik climate activist Anisa #Abibulloeva, whose organisation Little Earth won the Gender Just Climate Solutions Award at #COP29. Angelina Davydova spoke to her about the challenges Tajikikistan's civil society faces around climate change, in particular..
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(3/3) ...and what this saga tells us about the economic realities in 21st-century Kyrgyzstan. Link in comments.
(Watch out for our next thread, where we introduce the second guest of this episode.)
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2/3) ...But as @boris101.bsky.social learned from Bermet Borubaeva, founder of the #BishkekSmog initiative, the second part never happened. Tune into our new episode to find out how this fits into Bermet's fight for clean air in Bishkek, why she saw the need for a "#trash museum" ...
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(1/3) Electrified public transport is an essential contribution to clean urban air. Although the Kyrgyz capital #Bishkek had a functioning, @ebrd.bsky.social-financed #trolleybus system, the city administration chose to dismantle it, promising a transition to electric buses...
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Check out or latest episode for the full interview. Link in comments.
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Tune into our latest episode for the full interview.

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An excerpt from our interview with @adoolotkeldieva.bsky.social.

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(2/3) Join @boris101.bsky.social and Angelina #Davydova as they unpack the significance of these materials in the context of sustainable development and neo-colonial dynamics with @adoolotkeldieva.bsky.social, Dmitry #Kalmykov (EcoMuseum, Karaganda), and Cecilia #Mattea (IRMA, Brussels). Link below
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(1/3) What is the role of #criticalrawmaterials for the energy transition and why are the EU and other global actors so keen on getting them from Central Asian countries such as #Kazakhstan? Is this an economic opportunity? Or can we observe a new, "green" type of #extractivism?