The Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) summed up the results of the regional project “Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for Aral Sea Basin” (CAMP4ASB) for 2016 – 2024 during a World Bank mission to the CAREC office. Central Asian countries are among the most vulnerable to climate change in Eurasia. Average annual temperatures across the …
In Uzbekistan, there are plans to establish a specialized educational institution to train personnel in the field of drinking water supply and sanitation. Representatives of Uzbekistan’s Uzsuvtaminot, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the French Development Agency (AFD), the Islamic Development Bank, the German Development Bank (KfW), as well as Korean experts from the …
On May 3, 2024, a seminar on assessing climate risks for the transboundary river basin of the Chu River was held in Taraz. It was attended by representatives of government departments for managing water resources and emergency situations, public associations, water inspections, regional and city akimats. The purpose of the meeting was to develop an …
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The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) has signed memoranda of understanding with the leading public organizations of Turkmenistan – the Society for Nature Conservation of Turkmenistan and the Tebigi Kuvvat enterprise. The memoranda were signed following negotiations with representatives of the civil sector in Turkmenistan at the CAREC project office in Turkmenistan. “This event opens …
On April 23 in Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and May 3 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), the REAP project held a National Authorities Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Policy Solutions. The event brought together representatives of various governmental bodies of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The event presented the results that the project has achieved in the countries, showed …
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On May 1, a seminar was held on the project “Technical assistance for the sound management of hazardous chemicals”, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly with the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan with financial support from the European Union. The …
Knowledge for Development: KOICA Tajikistan Workshop on Asian Civil Society Leadership and Smart Cities. KOICA held a knowledge sharing workshop in Dushanbe, bringing together KOICA program alumni (2022-2024) from Tajikistan who shared experiences in various areas including smart cities, Asian civil society leadership, value-added agriculture, social economics and disaster response changing of the climate. On …
Photo: Presidential Press Service Uzbekistan calls on investors to join international projects The President of Uzbekistan called on foreign investors to join projects for the joint construction of hydroelectric power stations in neighboring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan and Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan railways. President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in his speech at the opening …
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At a recent meeting in Tashkent, the energy ministers of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan approved a plan to develop a project to export “green energy” to Europe, UzA reports. As part of this event, a presentation of the Green Corridor project was presented. The parties drew attention to the approval of technical conditions for the …
Preparing for a discussion on the importance of biennial transparency reports: Progress on reporting in Central Asia In the field of climate change, transparency and cooperation have come to the forefront in recent years. Among the many tools that contribute to capacity building in the area of transparency, the Biannual Transparency Report (BTR) plays a …
