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Kazakhstan’s president speaks at Caspian Environmental Summit
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Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke at the Caspian Environmental Summit. He said the Caspian Sea’s water area shrank by more than 16 thousand square kilometers from 2000 to 2025. Tokayev said the Caspian Sea’s shoreline retreated by tens of kilometers in some areas and that the number of Caspian seals fell from one million to 270 thousand over the past century.
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Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke at the Caspian Environmental Summit.
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that from 2000 to 2025 the Caspian Sea’s total water area shrank by more than 16 thousand square kilometers.
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that in some areas the Caspian Sea’s shoreline retreated by tens of kilometers.
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said that the number of Caspian seals fell from one million to 270 thousand over the past century.
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev cited forecasts that temperatures in some parts of the region may rise by 5 degrees by the end of this century.
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The World Bank estimates that by 2050 almost 2.5 million people in the region may face the risk of internal migration due to climate factors.
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said the nationwide Taza Qazaqstan movement brought together about one million volunteers.
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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said the area of the North Aral Sea was increased by 36 percent.
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