The study is part of a regional project on capacity-Building and development of a strategic framework to support low-carbon development in Central Asia, which is being implemented by the United Nations environment Programme (UNEP) and funded by the government of the Republic of Korea. The regional study was developed by
The purpose of this working paper is to inform the Central Asian countries and the international community about the key findings of the climate change negotiations in Lima (COP 20, 2014) and the General expectations of the new global agreement on climate change, which will be discussed in December at
This assessment of assessments (AoA) is a contribution to the mid-term review of the Ministerial Conference “environment of Europe” in the framework of the efforts of the European environment Agency (EEA), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and their partners to develop a Joint environmental information system (SEIS).
This study was conducted by the regional environmental center for Central Asia (CAREC) in conjunction with the Asia-Pacific adaptation network (APAN). The study provides an overview of existing climate change adaptation initiatives in Central Asian States and identifies useful examples of adaptation, taking into account the specific challenges of climate
The Asian development Bank, Initiatives on disaster risk management in Central Asia and the Caucasus, the Initiative of Central Asian countries on land resources management, Caspian environment programme, climate risk Management, European Bank for reconstruction and development Global environment facility Hyogo framework for action, the framework UN Convention on climate
The Aral Sea Basin consists of the drainage area of two major rivers, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya. The rivers originate in the Tien Shan Mountains and the Pamirs, and run through Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. An estimated 116 km3 is diverted for
In 2016, the Central Asia Energy-Water Development Program (CAEWDP) continued to support efforts to deepen regional cooperation in energy and water and to advocate sustainable solutions to development challenges in these sectors that are central to the economies of the Central Asian countries. CAEWDP aims at strengthening the enabling environment
Linking higher education finance and policy, referred to as strategic financing, is increasing in popularity throughout Central Europe and the Baltic Countries. Strategic financing essentially implies that public funding mechanisms are informed by and aligned with specific higher education policy objectives. Governments are asking how the funding strategy can be
The Central Asia Energy and Water Development Program (CAEWDP) is a partnership between the World Bank, the European Commission, Switzerland (through SECO), the United Kingdom (through DFID), and the United States (through USAID) to address the challenges of cross-border system interlinkages and national and regional energy and water resources management.
This situation analysis of the Republic of Tajikistan is one of the results of the assessments of African and Asian countries to determine long-term planning of research projects under the PRICE initiative (towards sustainability in semi-arid countries). PRICE is a new five-year program designed for several countries whose key objective
