On November 29, 2024, the second meeting of the members of the Basin Council (BC) of the Uzbek part of the Zarafshan River was held in Samarkand. The meeting was organized with the support of the project “Climate-Resilient Integrated Water Resource Management in the Zarafshan River Basin”, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and …
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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – On November 20-21, CAREC Conducted National Training Sessions for Turkmenistan’s Water Management Organizations The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) held these training sessions as part of the project “Climate-Responsive and Gender-Sensitive Basin Management” (hereafter referred to as the Project). This initiative is a component of the Regional Program “Climate Sensitive …
EBRD to allocate €17.6 million to modernize water supply in Khatlon region The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed €8 million in grant agreements to modernise water supply systems in the towns of Bokhtar and Dangara in Tajikistan’s Khatlon region. The funds complement an €8 million loan package signed in October 2024, …
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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – On November 19 in Ashgabat the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) hosted a transboundary training on the Amu Darya River basin. CAREC held this training within the framework of the project “Climate-Responsive and Gender-Sensitive Basin Management” (hereafter referred to as the Project). The Project is part of the Regional Program “Climate-Sensitive …
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Adaptation Gap Report 2024 Authors: UNEP As climate impacts intensify and hit the world’s poorest, The Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come hell and high water finds that nations must dramatically increase climate adaptation efforts, starting with a commitment to act on finance. Full Report What’s new in this year’s report? The report finds that progress in adaptation financing is …
The Caspian Sea may split into two seas if the situation with the drop in water level in it follows the worst-case scenario. This was reported by journalist Artur Shakhnazaryan, citing the words of Artem Stepanchuk, an employee of the company “KMG Kashagan B.V.”, who spoke at the panel session of the “Caspian Technical Conference” …
On November 19, 2024, the international conference “Caspian Sea and Sustainable Development: Environmental Protection” was held within the framework of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29). The event, organized by the State Support Agency for Non-Governmental Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, gathered a wide range …
Kazakhstan Launches Coordinating Council to Tackle Water Challenges, Unveils Partnership with UNDP By Assel Satubaldina in Editor’s Picks, International on 30 September 2024 ASTANA—The Kazakh capital hosted on Sept. 30 the first meeting of the coordinating council of partners on the development of Kazakhstan’s water sector, aimed at supporting the nation in addressing water-related challenges. …
At COP-29 they discussed how to save the Caspian Sea Photo UN The Caspian is a shared resource linking the economies and communities of the littoral countries, and its protection requires coordination across the region. The Caspian Sea is at the epicenter of a triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, Inger …
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And what practical actions can Central Asian governments take to address climate change? Glacier of the Geographical Society in Pamir Photo: Artem Rezontov Experts note a tenfold increase in the number of sand and dust storms in recent years, which threatens the condition of glaciers. In recent decades, more than 1,000 glaciers have melted in Tajikistan . …
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