Articles by Bakhyt Yessekina

Improving Climate Legislation in Kazakhstan

The global environmental community is preparing for the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which will take place in Baku this November.  As a responsible participant in the global fight against climate change, Kazakhstan is also getting ready for this significant event, where several agreements, including climate…

Modernization of Kazakhstan’s Climate Policy Directions

The pace of the global energy transition, as well as the implementation of the Paris Agreement, aimed at keeping temperature changes below 1.5°C, have slowed down due to the changed geopolitical situation. At the same time, the decisions of the Bonn Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in June…

Can Kazakhstan Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2060?

The strategy for achieving carbon neutrality until 2060 should become a priority for the socio-economic development of the new Kazakhstan and offer directions for a new technological course to our society. The global energy transition based on the principles of decarbonization, technological modernization and integration of ESG principles into corporate governance processes became a core…

Priorities For Improving Carbon Regulation in Kazakhstan

The Global Climate Leaders’ Summit, held on 22 April 21 at the initiative of US President Joe Biden, clearly demonstrated the readiness of the countries of the world to cooperate in countering the climate threat. According to the UN Intergovernmental  Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates, simply reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will not be…

Kazakhstan has potential for additional reductions of greenhouse gas emissions

The efforts of countries for sustainable development are especially relevant today when the entire system of international relations is facing new global challenges. Today, opportunities for cooperation between states and the private sector and public organisations as well as increasingly accessible technologies help address complex and unresolved past issues. The trend, approved at the 21st…

Priorities of transition of Kazakhstan’s economy to low carbon development

A new climate treaty for the countries participating in the process, including for the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a universal strategy in addressing issues in the field of climate change and ensuring the sustainability of the national economy. The prospect of a new agreement for economically weaker and vulnerable countries is connected to the possibility…

Global Trends of Low-Carbon Development

Kazakhstan signed the Paris Agreement on climate change Aug. 2 in New York. This document confirms the consistency and commitment of the country to comply with international commitments on climate change. The Astana Times discussed modern trends in global low-carbon development, as well as the prospects for achieving Kazakhstan’s national commitments, with a member of…

Kazakhstan’s Contribution To COP 21

A proposal put forward by President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly to establish an international centre for the development of green technologies and investments in Astana on the basis of the EXPO 2017 exhibition infrastructure is a logical continuation of Kazakhstan’s initiatives in the field of green economy.…