On September 25-26, 2018, in Astana, within the framework of the USAID C5 + 1 project, together with the Environmental Law Institute and Abt Associates, a seminar was held on the topic: “Involving sectoral and regional experts to adapt to the climate change in Kazakhstan”. The seminar was attended by representatives of central and local executive bodies, organizations of the quasi-public sector, research institutes.
During the workshop, the process of integrating climate change adaptation standards into the new version of the Environmental Code was presented, vulnerability assessment was introduced, step-by-step practical exercises were conducted to determine the impacts of climate on a selected sector, to identify and assess potential vulnerabilities and to conduct risk assessments. At the end of the seminar, the certificates were issued to all participants.