In the 21st century, addressing the issue of climate change has become one of the key challenges for politicians around the world. In recent decades, global climate change and its regional impacts continue to negatively affect countries’ stable economic development. For example, abnormal hydrometeorological processes contribute to an increase in the number of natural disasters, […]

Annual narrative report on activities of CAN EECCA network in 2019

Annual narrative report on activities of CAN EECCA network in 2017-18

Annual narrative report on activities of CAN EECCA network in 2016

The presented report consists of the following two parts: (1) Scientifi basis for climate change actions, and (2) Climate policy review for EECCA countries. The fist part presents scientifi background information of the urgency to reduce emissions, risks associated with the global temperature increase above 2 °С, as well as global budget allocation options for emissions between developed and developing countries to reach a long-term objective. The second part provides information on the trends in greenhouse gas emissions, development of renewable energy sources and incentive legislation, fossil fuel subsidies, trends in the forestry sector, institutional organization of work on the topic of climate change, examples of negative solutions in climate policies, and an overview of positive regional initiatives.

Annual narrative report on activities of CAN EECCA network in 2015

A new series of maps and analysis from WWF, funded by USAID, explores the links between climate change, snow leopard habitat, and water provision across the major mountain ranges and river basins of the Snow leopard range across Central Asia. The map book provides new insight into the downstream water provision benefits provided to human populations by the high altitude areas of the Snow leopard range, and how they are threatened by increasing temperatures and other climate change. Covering 12 countries, the range forms the headwaters of 20 major river basins which flow to 22 countries