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Saving Balkhash: Kazakhstan's largest lake under threat from extractivism and climate change
Episode 7
Wednesday, 18 February, 2026
Lake Balkhash is the 14th largest lake in the world and one of the largest in Asia. Its ecological importance is matched by the number of threats it has been facing for decades: copper mining, hydropower, agricultural development – and now a nuclear power plant.How to reach local communities and experts, scientists and policy-makers, cultural institutions, businesses, and the wider public in order to transmit the significance of this unique body of water?That's what we discussed with Aigerim Kapar, co-founder of the platform Artcom and the initiative Care for Balkhash. Aigerim is an interdependent curator, interdisciplinary researcher, and decolonial activist from Almaty and has been engaged in a number of ecological efforts in Kazakhstan for over 10 years.Many thanks to researcher, writer, and curator Giada Dalla Bontà –who had originally conceived and drafted this topic for a collaborative project with (the podcast interviewer/me/Boris Schneider) and who introduced (him/me) to Aigerim's exhibition 'Interweaving Climate, Water(s) and Communities,' which informs this podcast episode.---The Eurasian Climate Brief is a podcast dedicated to climate issues in the region stretching from Eastern Europe to Russia down to the Caucasus and Central Asia.---References cited in the episode:http://careforbalkhash.org/https://artcomplatform.com/http://careforbalkhash.org/program_art_collider_balkhash_almaty_enghttp://artcomplatform.com/artcombb13---This episode is supported by n-ost, a media NGO and European Journalistic Network committed to cross-border and multi-prospective reporting, and made by:Boris Schneider, political economist. European Programme Manager at Clean Energy Wire CLEW (Berlin). Has worked as a specialist on Eastern European climate and energy topics, amongst others for n-ost and the German Economic Team.Angelina Davydova, environmental/climate journalist. Editor of the magazine Environment and Rights, co-host of the podcast The Day After Tomorrow (Posle Zavtra). Environmental projects coordinator with the Dialogue for Understanding e. V (Berlin). Fellow with the Institute for Global Reconstitution (Berlin). Observer of the UN climate negotiations (UNFCCC) since 2008. Expert/editor of the Ukraine War Environmental CUNFCCC) since 2008. Expert/editor of the Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Work Group.Jingle: Natallia KunitskayaSound editing & mixing: Angelo Tripkovsky
