Sandstorm in Kidal, Mali PHOTO:©UN Photo/Blagoje Grujic Some of the most intimidating sights in nature are rolling dark clouds of sand and dust that engulf everything in their path, a phenomenon that turns day into night and wreaks havoc everywhere from Northern China to sub-Saharan Africa. Sand and dust storms and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) …
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On 16 July in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and on 18 July in Bukhara (Uzbekistan), the REAP project, funded by the EU SWITCH-Asia programme, is planning to hold the Final Events of the project. These events will serve as a platform to showcase the success and impact of the project by bringing together key stakeholders from the …
Zafar Makhmudov, Executive Director of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), paid a working visit to Kyrgyzstan at the end of June 2024. During the working visit, Zafar Makhmudov held several meetings on cooperation with donor and government organizations in Kyrgyzstan. The Ministry of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic discussed the regional forum …
On July 9-10, a training of trainers “Climate Change Adaptation Measures” (ToT Session 2) is being held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. According to Irina Bekmirzaeva, the National Consultant of the Climate Risk Assessment and Capacity Development (CRDA) project, this is the second training, the first was held in June, and the final training will be held …
Memorandums were signed following the results of negotiations that took place on June 25, 2024. On July 4, 2024, at the Regional Environmental Center of Central Asia (CAREC) Project Office in Turkmenistan, the Director of the CAREC Project Office of Turkmenistan Mergen Kepbanov and the Chairman of the public association “Yash Tebigatcha” Leili Shykhmadova signed …
The Community of Practice platform offers everyone to take online courses and trainings to improve their qualifications and professional skills. List of main courses: Academic writing course on the study of the Nexus approach “Water-energy-food-ecosystems” (with the possibility of obtaining a certificate). This course provides an overview of the necessary methodological knowledge and tools for …
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Tashkent, July 2-4, 2024 – The kick-off meeting of the project “Climate and Gender Sensitive Water Resources Management in Central Asia” (hereinafter – the Project) funded by the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) on behalf of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation …
Representative of James Cook University (Australia) Dr. Ben Jarihani about the Community of Practice of Central Asia. During the last meeting of the Network of Academic Societies on June 12 at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan (Dushanbe, Tajikistan), one of the participants, Dr. Ben Jarihani, expressed his …
The remoteness of Central Asian countries from the ocean, which is the largest absorber of excess heat and energy, threatens the region with more dire consequences of climate change. At the same time, Tajikistan, as a mountainous country, needs to approach this problem in a targeted manner. Alexey Kokorin, a Russian expert on climate issues, …
The degree of interest in the work of the Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2024, Almaty, May 27-29, 2024) was directly proportional to the increase in global temperature. This is evidenced by the unprecedented number of conference participants – over 1000 people in offline and online formats, and the rich program of the regional forum. …
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