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Strategic planning of climate change mitigation and adaptation in Central Asia (from an NGO point view). Vadim Nee, Director of “Asian American Partnership” 14 September 2012, Almaty. Status of Central Asian countries under UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol.
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Strategic planning of climate change mitigation and adaptation in Central Asia (from an NGO point view) Vadim Nee, Director of “Asian American Partnership” 14 September 2012, Almaty
Status of Central Asian countries under UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol
Strategic frameworks for climate change mitigation and adaptation
Legal instruments for climate change mitigation and adaptation
Main trends and challenges of climate change mitigation and adaptation in CA Trends: • Some progress with development of policy, legal and institutional frameworks • More focus on climate change mitigation rather than on adaptation • Development of the national cap-and-trade scheme in Kazakhstan with the expected launch in 2013 • Development of CDM projects in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan • Projects driven by international and donor organisations Challenges: • Low energy efficiency due to non-efficient management of fuel and energy resources and use of obsolete technologies in different sectors • Limited use of renewable energy sources, especially wind and solar • High vulnerability of agriculture and water sector to climate change consequences • No clearly defined national policies on climate change adaptation
NGO involvement into climate change mitigation and adaptation
Discussion points • Development of national policies on adaptation • NGO involvement into activities on mitigation, adaptation, RES and energy efficiency by Governments and beyond international projects • Monitoring and assessment by NGOs of implementation of measures