Extreme weather is rolling back development gains in Central Asia. Modernizing weather services can reduce climate & disaster risk. Learn more about the World Bank’s efforts to reduce climate & disaster risk in Central Asia.
Biodiversity
Sustainable Forest Management: A History of Support for Forests
For 26 years the GEF demonstrated through its portfolio the crucial importance of all types of forest in providing a range of important environmental services, in particular to sustain biodiversity, to face the challenges of climate change and land degradation, and at the same time offering livelihood options for many forest dependent people.
Trade, markets and food
World Vegetable Center annual report 2018
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Trade, markets and food
Kyrgyzstan Annual Country Report 2018
WFP is the partner of choice for the Government in leading the process of coordination and policy development for the national school feeding programme.
Climate change
UN Climate Change ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Climate change is the defining challenge of our time, yet it is still accelerating faster than our efforts to address it. Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide are higher than they have been for 800,000 years, and they are increasing. So, too, are the catastrophic effects of our warming planet – extreme storms, droughts, fires, floods, …
Environment, hydrometeorology and ecosystems
Tackling the Drivers of Global Environmental Degradation through the Integrated Approach Pilot Programs – Progress Report May – November 2017
The Food Security IAP program is focused specifically on promoting sustainability and resilience through management of the natural resources – land, water, soils, trees and genetic resources – that underpin food and nutrition security.
Environment, hydrometeorology and ecosystems
The GEF Food Security Program
Climate change will further exacerbate the risks facing agriculture in Africa, which is dominated by small farms with few assets and limited capacities to adapt.
Trade, markets and food
Country fact sheet on food and agriculture policy trends – Kazakhstan
Socio-economic context and role of agriculture
Climate change
Tajikistan. Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)
The Republic of Tajikistan, pursuant to the relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC, COP-19 and COP-20 of the UNFCCC, including the Lima Call for Action to Combat Climate Change (Lima, Peru, December 2014), submits herewith its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) and the explanations concerned. The final decision concerning …
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Climate change
Making sense of research for sustainable land management
This publication is based on the work of more than 600 scientists and synthesizes experiences and practice-relevant results from a 7-year German-funded international research programme on interactions between land management, climate change, and ecosystems and their services.