Kazakhstani economy should prepare for climate change, Vice Minister

Kazakhstani economy should prepare for climate change, First Vice Minister of Water Resources of Kazakhstan Bolat Bekniyaz said.

Two years ago, Kazakhstani climatologists explored the drained bottom of the Aral Sea. According to their projections, air temperature will rise by 1.7 degrees Celsius by 2030, and by 2.5 degrees by 2050 which is higher than the average global temperatures. That’s why she should get ready and adapt our economy to climate change, he told a briefing.

He stressed the need to build new water reservoirs, to case channels and digitize them to increase available water.