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Interview: Central Asia Copes With Climate Change

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Interview: Central Asia Copes With Climate Change

Stefanos Xenarios outlines how Central Asian countries are attempting to adapt to climate change.

Interview: Central Asia Copes With Climate Change

The Aral Sea in 1989 (L) and 2008 (R).

Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Zafiroblue05 and NASA

From natural disasters to the future of non-renewable energy, environmental considerations will have an outsized impact in Central Asia. In this interview, Stefanos Xenarios, ‎Senior Researcher at the Mountainous Societies Research Institute (MSRI), University of Central Asia, speaks to The Diplomat’s Ryskeldi Satke about the impact of the Paris Agreement – and the U.S. withdrawal from the same – on Central Asia, and how the region’s states are attempting to mitigate the impact of climate change.

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