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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Central Asia Hydrometeorology Modernization Project has among other activities helped rehabilitate 87 weather stations and 19 river stations across Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, improving weather forecasting in these countries by up to 30 percent, the World Bank reports on its website. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $38.6 million in development financing to help modernize irrigation systems, improve agriculture and land management, strengthen disaster risk management, and enhance data collection and analysis in Kyrgyzstan, ADB’s Country Office said. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The University of Central Asia (UCA) and the Government of Kyrgyzstan co-organized the fourth World Mountain Forum (WMF 2018), with support from the Government of Switzerland and the Aga Khan Foundation United Kingdom, from October 23-26 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. It brought together 300 participants from the global community across complementary sectors and different types of agencies including community members, civil society, academic, and government institutions, to share experiences and best practices, and develop integrated solutions to existing challenges of sustainable development in mountain regions. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $10 million grant to help Tajikistan prepare and respond to natural hazards and climate change, and reduce the impact of disasters on the people, ADB’s country office in Tajikistan said on October 1. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — On 8 August, the European Union Delegation to Afghanistan conducted the third Serena Dialogue titled "Climate Change in Afghanistan: Common Challenge, Collective Response". Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — “Climate change is a 'threat multiplier' as it can result in poverty, food insecurity, illegal migration, social instability and bitter conflicts,” the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Yerzhan Ashikbayev, said last week at the open debate of the United Nations Security Council dedicated to Understanding and Addressing Climate-related Security Risks, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported. Continue reading
