At the COP29 climate conference in Baku, ministers and senior officials from Caspian states adopted a crucial declaration aimed at enhancing regional cooperation to tackle the alarming decline in the Caspian Sea’s water levels.

Editor's note: Dr. Aizhan Skakova, expert, member of the Public Chamber under the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) has announced that water levels in many rivers within the Amazon basin have plummeted to their lowest levels on record due to an ongoing drought.