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Turkmenistan: Form an orderly pipeline
Turkmenistan is finding new customers for its gas, while continuing to perform bizarre stunts for Guinness World Records. This and more in Eurasianet’s weekly briefing.
bneGREEN: Climate window set to slam shut, warns Guterres
The world is heading for a 2.8°C rise in global warming by 2100 unless governments urgently improve their emissions targets, the UN warned, otherwise the window of opportunity to take the required climate action will slam shut.
bneGREEN: Ukraine war boosts green hydrogen to the tune of $73bn
The war in Ukraine has prompted new investment in green hydrogen to reach over $73bn as costs fall, making fossil fuel-produced hydrogen uneconomic as gas prices soar.
bneGREEN: Flattening the emissions curve: too slow, too late, say UN climate scientists
The combined climate pledges of 193 governments would limit global warming to 2.5°C by 2100, way above the Paris Agreement goals of 1.5°C.
PANNIER: Is there a plot for a fourth revolution in Kyrgyzstan since 2005? The authorities say it is so
Amid row over land deal with Uzbekistan, 22 critics of the government are detained. The stage is set for unrest.
Turkmenistan: Bombing at windmills
Turkmenistan is trying to assume the role of energy supplier to Central Asia. Plus, showing off weapons while cash is tight. Eurasianet’s weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
MACRO ADVISORY: Great Game 3.0: The Politics of Rail
Russia and China are the dominant trade and investment partners for Central Asian countries. But their dominance in the region is now being challenged by Turkey and Iran in a return to the "Great Game."
Kazakhstan new home to 50 international firms that opted for Russia exit, 50 more could be on the way
Kazakhs, Kyrgyz and Uzbeks all looking to make the most out of relocations.
Uzbekistan experiencing hard currency shortage
Crisis is likely to have been caused by demand for currency from Russia.
bneGREEN: Clearer ESG rules needed in booming green bond market
The global green bond market was worth $552bn in 2021, accounting for 53% of all green, social and sustainability issuances, according to a recent report from Fitch.
bneGREEN: Green investment must triple to save climate
Investments in renewable energy need to triple by 2050 to put the world on a net-zero trajectory by mid-century, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), part of the United Nations.
Putin’s dwindling circle of friends in Emerging Europe
The number of European countries friendly towards Moscow has dwindled to just a handful since Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in February.
PANNIER: Russia’s two centuries of Central Asia dominance are over
The disastrous Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused a geopolitical tectonic shift. The five ‘stans’ are looking at other foreign partner options.
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IMF BLOG: Policymakers need steady hand as storm clouds gather over global economy
One-third of the world economy will likely contract this year or next amid shrinking real incomes and rising prices. The global economy continues to face the challenges of war, a cost-of-living crisis and an energy crisis.
Ukraine war leads to traffic jams in Georgia
International transport routes through Ukraine and Russia have been disrupted, and Georgia has become a popular alternative.
NEMETHY: Is the world heading towards a “polycrisis”?
According to historian Adam Tooze, we are currently potentially facing a “polycrisis”: a number of smaller to medium-sized crises in the world that have the potential to combine and reinforce each other.
Central Asians targeted in Russia’s desperate mobilisation drive
Rights activists insist Central Asian labourers are being conned.
More pain stored up for Emerging Europe in 2023
Government efforts to shield populations from the energy crisis and rampant inflation have shifted the economic impact to next year, says the EBRD as it downgrades GDP growth forecasts for 2023.
Taliban sign deal to buy Russian oil, gas and wheat
Agreement marks regime’s first international economic deal. Moscow eyes economic corridor through Central Asia and Afghanistan to South Asia.
Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan warn citizens not to sign up to fight for Russia in Ukraine
Warnings issued after opening of Moscow military recruitment centre for foreign citizens amid Putin’s announcement of partial mobilisation.
