Turkmenistan sets 2030 emissions target while energy sector dominates output, EDB says

Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 12. Turkmenistan has advanced its climate commitments through a series of national strategies and policy initiatives, Trend reports, citing data from the latest Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) report on carbon pricing policy opportunities in Central Asia and Azerbaijan. The country revised its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2023, setting a…

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UK energy chief eyes an oil and gas loophole

Shorouk Express That involves a parallel process, where the NSTA assesses a project’s development plan while OPRED judges its environmental statement. The NSTA can’t sign off the development plan or grant drilling consent, though, until OPRED has completed its assessment. During the OPRED process, the environmental statement has to be signed off by DESNZ, effectively…

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