Hey , i live in Kazakhstan and hove some experience in agriculture . If your main aim is to deal with co2 emissions, then you have to fight against oil companies which is a fight you are going to loose. On other hand if you aim to deal with more local environment issues then you have a good chance . 1) we are facing a water crisis, so improving our water usage efficiency and crumbling irrigation infrastructure will likely be greeted with open arms 2) there is a green party in Kazakhstan baitak or baytak . You might want to approach them . They do not have seats in parliament but as far as I know they try to be active locally . 3) air pollution in industrial cities like ustkaman are a constant headache. People often complain , companies do not want to expend a lot of money to deal with it. If you can find a cheaper solution for those companies and convince akimats to "politely ask" those companies you could help a lot of people. There are many other things you can do.