The delegation of the NGO “Society for the Protection of Nature of Turkmenistan”, headed by Director Serdar Allekov and NGO “Tibigi Kuvvat”, headed by Serdar Mametniyazov, a specialist in the field of renewable energy sources, met with Dr. Svetlana Mogilyuk, Chairwoman of the Civil Society Climate Network during the Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2024). …
Almaty, Kazakhstan – On May 28, on the sidelines of the Central Asian Conference on Climate Change (CACCC-2024), an interactive simulation of the Nexus approach (Nexus Game) was conducted with the participation of representatives of the academic community, research institutes, international and regional organizations. The game presented the concept of interdependence of water, energy, food …
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Today, CAMP4ASB project presented the results of the eight-year work at the panel session “The Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for Aral Sea Basin (CAMP4ASB): Achievements, Lessons Learned, and Future Directions”. As the coordinator of the CAMP4ASB project Irina Bekmirzaeva noted, CAMP4ASB is a regional initiative implemented by the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) from …
Can artists stand up for natural boundaries, preserve lakes or plant forests? It turns out they can. Aigerim Kapar, contemporary art curator, founder of the contemporary art and public interaction platform ‘Artcom Platform’, co-initiator of the movement to preserve lakes in Astana ‘SOS Taldykol’, and the project on care about Lake Balkhash ‘Balqashqa Qamqor’, told about …
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EU granted €600,000 for a project, supported by Agence Française de Développement and UNDP, aimed at introducing the principles of green budgeting in Uzbekistan. The initiative implies consideration of the Sustainable Development Goals and environmental agenda in budgeting. An agreement intended to support a new project financing of the Green Development in Uzbekistan was signed by Mr. Vincent Caupin, director of Central Asia …
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On 6-7 May 2024 Conference on Climate Change and Adaptation took place in Tashkent. The conference was organized by UNDP jointly with the Committee on the Development of the Aral Sea Region and Ecology of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Hydrometeorological Service Agency (Uzhydromet) of the Ministry of …
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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 …
Climate risk assessment has begun in the Chu River basin Read More »
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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Financing mechanisms for specially protected natural areas improved in Kyrgyzstan Seminars to review existing and new potential mechanisms for financing specially protected natural areas (SPNA) took place in the Issyk-Kul region on April 23-25. The seminars brought together representatives of the Department of Biodiversity Conservation, GIZ in Kyrgyzstan, local tourism organizations, non-governmental organizations, local authorities …
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During this event, the focus was on the effects of climate change at the regional level, a review of the assessment of vulnerability to climate risks and their impact at the community level in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, sustainable agricultural practices, rural development and community sustainability, effective use and management of water resources at the …
