Kazakhstan govt orders to draft plan on transition to green economy
Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov has instructed the Ministry of Environment to begin developing an action plan for the transition to a 'green' economy.
"The head of state approved a new concept for the transition to a 'green' economy. For the successful implementation of the concept it is necessary to have an action plan, so I instruct the Ministry of Environment to develop it in a two-week period and to submit to the government for approval. It should have a concrete, clear character," Akhmetov said at a government meeting in Astana on June 4.
He also added that the basic principles of the concept are aimed at optimizing the use of natural resources and the efficient management of the ecosystem, the wide adoption of clean technologies, development of renewable energy sources, as well as the formation of ecological culture of the population.