UNEP sounds the alarm on air quality in the Kyrgyz capital.




The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has called for partners to work together and support the Kyrgyz Republic’s transition away from… Read the  Press release on UNEP sounds the alarm on air quality in the Kyrgyz capital



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