Local measures not to help overcome global energy and environmental crisis, Education Minister
11:08, 4 May 2011
ASTANA. May 4. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ "The local measures cannot help overcome the global energy and environmental crisis," Education and Science Minister of Kazakhstan Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov states addressing the panel session themed "Formation of the global energy and ecological strategy for the World Sustainable Development Summit "Rio-2012" in 2012" of the IV Astana Economic Forum being held today at the Independence Palace.
"Analysis indicates the mankind under the global energy and environmental crisis has apparently surmounted the "point of no return". First of all it means that any local efforts cannot truly help remedy the situation, secondly the given crisis becomes real. Therefore, this issue should be brought to the high-level agenda," the Minister added.