Safe management and remediation of the uranium production legacy sites of Min-Kush and Shekaftar. In the short-term, through conducting an environmental impact assessment (EIA) and the feasibility study (FS) of related management and remediation activities.
Exploit existing potential for energy efficiency, carbon reductions and sustainable energy investments in the industrial and residential sectors through offering loans and grants for improvement of energy efficiency of residential buildings and industrial enterprises. The loans and grants are offered to owners of homes, apartments and multifamily housing as well as for privately owned commercial and industrial enterprises.
KyrSEFF II followed the initial pilot project with the objective to • Develop climate finance capacities and project-oriented skills among PFIs; • Exploit bankable opportunities related to climate adaptation and small renewable energy investment projects including water and material efficiency and waste management in the industrial, agriculture. Service and residential sectors of Kyrgyzstan in line with the EU IFCA strategic objectives.
Strengthening regional cooperation and partnership with the EU in the fields of integrated water resource management, forest and biodiversity governance – including environmental monitoring and environmental awareness-raising – as well as improving coordination on environmental issues region-wide through the EU-Central Asia Environment and Water Cooperation Platform. It is a four-part programme:
An environment and water cooperation platform for dialogue.
EU support for the sustainable use and management of natural resources in Central Asia in the areas of climate change, forest governance (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade – FLEGT(link is external)), ecological recovery and environmental data collection, exchange, monitoring and assessment.
A partnership on integrated water resources management water management to share best practice on water management between Central Asian and European water management bodies, basin organisations and help train professionals.
Environmental awareness-raising on Central Asia’s most problematic environmental issues.
Identification of priority investments for climate resilience and low-carbon growth. The TA had two components: (i) the component ‘adaptation to climate change’ assessed the costs and benefits of implementing adaptation measures to reduce the adverse effects of climate change on energy and water resources in the most vulnerable countries, i.e., Afghanistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan; and (ii) the component ‘mitigation of climate change’ assessed the costs and benefits of GHG emission reduction measures and formulated low-carbon growth investment proposals for energy and transport in the most carbon-intensive countries in the region, i.e., Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
