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DUSHANBE (TCA) — An European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) climate resilience project proposal for the modernisation of a hydropower plant in Tajikistan has been approved for co-financing by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Bank said on April 6. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Fund (GEF) together with the national partner State Committee for Nature Protection of Turkmenistan have launched a new project “Support to the economic climate resilient livelihoods in agricultural communities in arid regions of Turkmenistan”, UNDP in Turkmenistan said. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — As countries of the Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) convened last week under the chairmanship of Azerbaijan in Ganja, we are publishing this article by Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s Economy Ministry is currently drafting a law on industrial zones and the country would be able to create a first Green Hi-tech Valley in Central Asia, Kyrgyz Economy Minister Arzybek Kojoshev said on November 14 during the presentation of the Kyrgyz Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (KyrSEFF), the ministry said. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) is launching a new Global initiative named “Coping with water scarcity in agriculture: a global framework for action in a changing climate” during the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (CoP22) in Morocco, which will be held in November, the FAO office in Tajikistan said on August 30. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — At the ceremony in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Turkmenistan have signed the Country Programme Action Plan for 2016-2020 (CPAP) and the arrangements for cost-sharing over the five year period, the UNDP Turkmenistan said on June 23. Continue reading