The Eurasian Climate Brief

← The Eurasian Climate Brief18 feb · 41 min

Saving Balkhash: Kazakhstan's largest lake under threat from extractivism and climate change

Saving Balkhash: Kazakhstan's largest lake under threat from extractivism and climate change18 feb41 min

Lake Balkhash is the 14th largest lake in the world and one of the largest in Asia. Its ecological importance is matched by the number of threats it has been facing for decades: copper mining, hydropower, agricultural development – and now a nuclear power plant. How to reach local communities and experts, scientists and policy-makers, cultural institutions, businesses, and the wider public in order to transmit the significance of this unique body of water? That's what we discussed with Aigeri...