Kyrgyz Prime Minister Aqilbek Japarov announced that the El Nino climate phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean will become a problem for the economy of Central Asian countries. Japarov emphasized that water resources and green energy should be the main link of cooperation between Central Asian countries.

The average daily temperature of the oceans has risen to a record high. The increase in temperature, which was previously observed in 20 years, was recorded in 2023 itself. The work of sea water is the reason for the change of the underwater ecosystem, the emergence of strong tropical storms.

According to the calculations of the European Commission, one third of the population of the EU countries faces the problem of water shortage. In the future, the issue could lead to increased competition for water resources and conflicts within and between states over transboundary water resources, according to a classified document obtained by Politico.

February 2024 was the warmest February in the history of meteorological observations all over the world. The average temperature for the month was 13.54 degrees Celsius, 0.81 degrees above the 1991-2020 average and 0.12 degrees above the previous record high of February 2016.

In 1992-2020, natural freshwater resources, including natural lakes, decreased by 53 percent.