Partnership

On July 26-27, 2021, the "Central Asian Conference on Climate Change" was held, organized by the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. This conference was organized within the framework of the project "Program for Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change in the Aral Sea Basin" (CAMP4ASB), funded by the World Bank and is one of the projects, the regional component of which is implemented by CAREC by order and coordinated by the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IC IFAS).

The purpose of the conference was to promote the strengthening of regional dialogue, exchange of information and knowledge to support the system of making science-based and climate-sustainable decisions, as well as the search for opportunities to ensure synergy in the implementation of climate projects by international financial organizations and development agencies in Central Asia. The conference was attended by heads of ministries of environmental protection and ecology of Central Asian countries, as well as representatives of governmental and non-governmental institutions, the scientific community, international partners, multilateral development banks, youth unions and civil society organizations engaged in their activities in the field of climate change.

 

The issues of climate change and environmental protection are among the key sectoral priorities of the ODA policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, defined by the Main Directions of the State policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of ODA for 2021-2025. In this regard, the participation of KazAID in this conference, together with the delegation of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, allowed the Agency to obtain the latest data on current problems in the field of ecology and climate, approaches of Central Asian Governments to their solution and political developments in Central Asian countries in this area with the participation of international organizations and donors.