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BISHKEK (TCA) — More than 1 million people including 700,000 children are better prepared to cope with natural disasters in eight countries prone to earthquakes, floods and landslides in Central Asia and the South Caucasus as the result of a UNICEF programme supported by the European Union, the Delegation of the European Union to the Kyrgyz Republic said on July 6. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkmenistan said it scales up its programme on climate change and adaptation by expanding its work to the new regions of Turkmenistan to build resilience of the local population to effects of climate change. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — At the EXPO 2017 on “Future Energy” in Astana in Kazakhstan, on June 13, the United Nations called on governments, businesses, and cities to increase their efforts to accelerate the transition towards clean energy. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, is hosting the Central Asian international ecological forum “Initiative for cooperation in the field of environmental protection and sustainable development in Central Asia”. The three-day forum is devoted to climate change and rational use of water and has a value in the context of sustainable development of Central Asia, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported on June 5. Continue reading
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
