The new green superpower? Oil giant Kazakhstan tries to wean itself off the black stuff
Kazakhstan is rich with oil, gas and coal but Nursultan Nazarbayev, its president for life, has committed the country to a dramatic shift from fossil fuels to green energy. Is this huge nation, which is beset by rural poverty, major infrastructure challenges and environmental crises, able to realise his vision? Phoebe Greenwood travels to the Kazakh capital, Astana, and the Aral Sea region
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Post Series: Kazakhstan
- 1.The new green superpower? Oil giant Kazakhstan tries to wean itself off the black stuff
- 2.Aral Sea: The sea that dried up in 40 years – BBC News
- 3.Full Documentary: “Aral. The lost sea” by Isabel Coixet | We Are Water Foundation
- 4.Aral Sea Reborn – earthrise
- 5.Aral Sea – Animation 1960-2014
- 6.The Dried up Aral Sea Eco-Disaster
- 7.Aral Sea: Man-made environmental disaster – BBC News
- 8.Video: Dried-up Aral Sea springs back to life
- 9.Assignment Asia: Kazakhstan Aral Sea restoration
- 10.UN Aral Sea Programme
- 11.Aral Sea Part I: A catastrophic disappearing act..
- 12.Aral Sea Part II: Can a dam reverse the damage?
- 13.Aral Sea Part III: Return of the Fish?