Kazakhstan: Environmental Law

Kazakhstan's new Water Code introduces stricter requirements for special water use permits starting January 2027, mandating comprehensive documentation including technical passports, measuring devices, and five-year plans for water loss reduction. Water users must demonstrate compliance with operational limits, implement best available technologies, and maintain proper monitoring systems...

Overall, 2.1 thousand fines amounting to 322.9 billion KZT were imposed for environmental violations in 2023.

As Kazakhstan advances its energy transition and decarbonisation agenda, the decommissioning of conventional power plants is becoming an increasingly important issue for project developers...

On November 28 through December 13, 2023, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) fostered an annual Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...

Starting in 1995, world leaders met annually to discuss climate change policy at the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Being a major producer of fossil fuels, Kazakhstan is seeking to diversify its energy mix by 50% alternative energy sources, including gas, nuclear and renewable energy.

In this publication, we would like to highlight the most significant changes and innovations in the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2021.

On January 2nd, 2021, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan signed a new code: the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the Code) to introduce new mechanisms for...

The need to modernise heating networks and the question of adopting a new law on "thermal energy" have been on the table for a long time.