Contributions of civil society organizations to nature conservation and sustainable development The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (www.cepf.net) is a joint initiative of the French development agency, Conservation International, the European Union, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan and the World Bank. CEPF plays a unique role in wildlife conservation by supporting the efforts of …
Industry
Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Policy Papers
The “Resource Efficiency in Agri-food Production and Processing” (REAP) project is executed along two primary dimensions: direct industry support and stakeholder engagement. The project’s core activity centers on providing direct support to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) within the agri-food production and processing sector. This support is delivered through capacity-building initiatives, direct consultation, and …
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Water resources
Development of a basin water management system in Central Asian countries
Presentation USAID Regional Water and Environment Project GIZ/SDC “Climate-sensitive water management in Central Asia” DOWNLOAD presentation in English (automatic Google translation)
Education, knowledge and training
Presentations from practical training on LEAP
Download Practical training on LEAP Day 1 – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UcYUbFbsy6tfIYBM22d0LPnMlZPihmVi?usp=drive_link Day 2 – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fGj3uoKnKWl9WHpE6D_ebUKg7STwCEuw?usp=drive_link Day 3 – https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1JoaTE7BK63Gwk2DSzed_BmnWOurjcj9s?usp=drive_link
Climate change, Emergency, risks, disaster risk reduction
Climate Risk Sourcebook
Published by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Registered offices Bonn and Eschborn, Germany Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 32 + 36 53113 Bonn Germany T +49 61 96 79-0 F +49 61 96 79-11 15 E info@giz.de I www.giz.de/en Climate Policy Support Programme Sectoral Department (FMB), Division Climate Change, Rural Development, Infrastructure, Competence Center Climate Change Sector …
Water resources
A Digital Twin of the terrestrial water cycle: a glimpse into the future through high-resolution Earth observations
Abstract Climate change is profoundly affecting the global water cycle, increasing the likelihood and severity of extreme water-related events. Better decision-support systems are vital to accurately predict and monitor water-related environmental disasters and optimally manage water resources. These must integrate advances in remote sensing, in situ, and citizen observations with high-resolution Earth system modeling, artificial intelligence …
Materials from CACCC-2024
Dear participants of the Central Asian Climate Change Conference (CACC-2024)! The Regional Environmental Centre of Central Asia and all the organizing partners of the conference express their deep gratitude for your active work, interesting ideas, proposals, reports, presentations at CACCC-2024, which took place on May 27-29, 2024 in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan. Your participation made …
Climate change
REVIEW ON CLIMATE FEATURES IN KAZAKHSTAN 2023
The review provides brief information on the state of the climate for 2023 (January-December) and seasons, on climate changes in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its administrative-territorial regions. Data are presented on climatic anomalies of air temperature and precipitation, agroclimatic conditions, and the state of the water surface of large reservoirs of …
Climate change
Exploring the impact of the recent global warming on extreme weather events in Central Asia using the counterfactual climate data ATTRICI v1.1
Abstract We study the impact of recent global warming on extreme climatic events in Central Asia (CA) for 1901-2019 by comparing the composite representation of the observational climate with a hypothetical counterfactual one that does not include the long-term global warming trend. The counterfactual climate data is produced based on a simple detrending approach, using …
Climate change, Culture, science art, Public associations
Who destroyed the river civilizations of Central Asia: Genghis Khan or nature?
New research has cast doubt on the prevailing idea that the disappearance of Central Asia’s medieval river civilizations was a direct result of the Mongol invasion in the early 13th century AD. illustrative photo Photo: indicator.ru It was climate change, not the Mongol invasion, that destroyed the river civilizations of Central Asia. Such conclusions …
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