On November 27–28 of this year, the fifth meeting of the Regional Working Group (RWG) on the implementation of the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Central Asia was held in Dushanbe with the participation of representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, as well as representatives of international organizations, development partners, and regional organizations.
In his opening remarks, the Deputy Director of the Agency for Hydrometeorology of the Committee for Environmental Protection, Sunnatullo Pirov, called the Regional Adaptation Strategy an important step forward and noted that the Strategy outlines four key strategic objectives: strengthening regional coordination and establishing sustainable cooperation mechanisms; developing and implementing adaptation projects, attracting financing, including from the Green Climate Fund and other mechanisms; building adaptation capacity, sharing knowledge, fostering scientific cooperation, and expanding climate monitoring, information exchange, and forecasting systems.
The Regional Working Group was established in 2024 within the GIZ “Green Central Asia” Program and is intended to support the implementation of the Regional Strategy in Central Asia. To date, meetings of the Regional Working Group have been held in Almaty, Tashkent, Bishkek, and Ashgabat.
It should be noted that the RWG meeting focused on the following topics: presentation of the Report on the implementation of the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Central Asia (RCCASCA) for 2024–2025 for each strategic objective, presentation and discussion of the draft Implementation Plan of the RCCASCA, country proposals on the further functioning of the Secretariat review of financing opportunities for implementing the RCCASCA Action Plan. At the fifth RWG meeting, development partners also presented information on regional projects.
