Аннотация
The Environmental Code in the Republic of Kazakhstan was adopted in 2007, before that, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Environmental Protection regulated environmental issues. Currently, a draft of the new Environmental Code is being developed, one of the main directions of which should be the creation of a “green” economy in the Republic of Kazakhstan, including investment in “green” technologies, and in this regard, the draft Environmental Code should become more environmentally oriented than the current law. It is obvious that today we are seeing a change in our country's environmental policy, because for many years we have developed the economy at the expense of environmental interests, and it is probably high time to think about the priority of environmental interests over economic ones. Thus, Kazakhstan needs the new Environmental Code, but it must be really new, otherwise all efforts will be wasted, and this codified law should mark a new milestone in the development of our state – the priority of environmental principles over economic ones.