Environmental and Ecological Challenges in Central Asia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Environmental and Ecological Challenges in Central Asia

Published:2023-12-21 Issue: Volume: Page:160-177
ISSN:2475-6644
Container-title:Analyzing Energy Crises and the Impact of Country Policies on the World
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Author:

Saini Ayushi¹,Jayaprakash Rajoli Siddharth¹

Affiliation:

1. Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Abstract

Oil was discovered in Uzbekistan in 1885, in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in the 1900s, and since then the geopolitical interests of these hydrocarbon-rich states have always remained predominant. During the Soviet era, they were energy peripheries of the Union. Post dissolution, these nations reaped the rents generated from hydrocarbons which translated to economic development in the region. However, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are hydrocarbon energy poor and do not dominate the geopolitics of Central Asia. However, it is critical to note that the ecology of Central Asia was massively impacted by Soviet projects in the regions, for instance the nuclear waste in Kazakhstan or the drying up of the Aral Sea and the Belt and Road Initiative projects since 2013. Nations have announced their net-zero targets and doled out renewable energy projects. This chapter will compare the renewable energy policies of Central Asian countries.

Publisher

IGI Global

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