From Central Asia to COP29
This year's UN Climate Change Conference (COP29 in Baku) is just a few days away. Against armed conflicts around the world, geopolitical uncertainty and an accelerating climate crisis, the podcast ret...
8 Nov 202435min
How one Bulgarian tycoon could get away with gaming the EU's carbon market
This week, the Eurasian Climate Brief team heads to the Balkans, Bulgaria, to look into the cracks of the European Union's carbon market (a.k.a., EU ETS). In July 2021, an investigation by Eleonora ...
30 Aug 202328min
Displaced: climate migration in Central Asia and beyond
Climate change affects almost all sectors of human societies and life. One underrated and underreported consequence of the climate crisis is taking so-called climate migration - displacement due to cl...
21 Aug 202337min
After the ban: which way forward for Russia's climate activists?
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian civil society has faced increasing repression at home. The environmental movement is no exception. While they kept communication channels open before the wa...
12 Aug 202334min
Not a breath of fresh air: Pollution in Serbia
Air pollution has blighted Serbia for years. This is due to the country’s heavy reliance on coal, which in 2021 powered around 70% of its electricity. Old diesel-powered vehicles and authorities move...
27 Mars 202330min
One year of full-scale war in Ukraine
It’s been a year since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war has killed hundreds of thousands both sides included and displaced millions of Ukrainians, while plunging the rest of E...
24 Feb 202320min
2022's top Eurasian climate stories in review
The Eurasian Climate Brief team gets together to look back on the top climate stories that have taken place during 2022 across Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. From to the conseq...
2 Jan 202331min
COP27 wrap-up & the power of Ukrainian climate activism
A little more than two weeks after the end of COP27, the Eurasian Climate Brief team takes stock on what the summit in Sharm El-Cheikh has achieved, and where it fell short: How significant is the dea...
5 Dec 202232min
