Kazakhstan needs a “me first” campaign to achieve its net-zero goal, Raekwon Chung told Eurasianet. The South Korean Nobel laureate believes action should start at the grassroots. There are over 400 environmentally oriented non-governmental organizations in Kazakhstan, a country with a complex environmental history, including the scarring legacy of nuclear testing at Semipalatinsk. An estimated 75 percent of the country’s territory is vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Heat waves are intensifying. Glaciers…
