4th Meeting of CAREC Climate Change Working Group
Background and Objectives
The CAREC Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) 2025–2027 provides a framework to address climate change challenges and advance regional climate actions through enhanced coordination among CAREC sector committees and working groups. The plan focuses on four main thematic areas: Climate Risk, Preparedness and Health, the Water–Energy–Food Security Nexus, Low-Carbon Growth, and the CAREC Climate Platform.
Developed by the CAREC Working Group on Climate Change, the CCAP was endorsed at the CAREC Ministerial Conference on 8 November 20241 in Astana, Kazakhstan. It was officially launched during a high-level session at COP29 on 14 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan, alongside the CAREC Climate and Sustainability Project Preparatory Fund and the CAREC Partnership for Climate, Innovation, and Trade.
The primary goal of the 4th Working Group on Climate Change (WGCC) meeting is to discuss the operationalization of the CCAP. Specifically, the meeting will focus on (i) identifying adaptation projects and necessary investments for vulnerable CAREC assets, (ii) coordinating joint climate change and health activities with the CAREC Working Group on Health, (iii) identifying training and capacity-building needs, and (iv) discuss how to develop bankable projects with the CAREC Climate and Sustainability Project Preparatory Fund (CSPPF).2
Additionally, the WGCC will discuss implementation aspects such as monitoring progress, establishing a CAREC Climate Change Committee, and planning the next steps for WGCC.
Event Materials
Session 1: CCAP: Updates, Agenda, and Key Outputs (ENG, RUS)
Session 2.1: Addressing glaciers and mountain resilience in the Five Years of Action for Development of Mountain Regions (ENG, RUS)
Session 2.2: Current state and forecast for the water an energy potential of the Kyrgyz Republic (ENG, RUS)
Session 2.3: From Glaciers to Farms (G2F) – Promoting a Regional Program in Central and West Asia (ENG, RUS)
Session 2.4: High-Level International Conference On Glaciers’ Preservation (ENG, RUS)
Session 3.1: Center for Climate Finance under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic (ENG, RUS)
Session 3.2: Climate Risk Screening of Public Investment Projects in CAREC Region: ADB Experience in Uzbekistan on Supporting Adaptation Decision Making for Climate Resilient Investments (ENG, RUS)
Session 3.3: Flash Flood And Mudflow Risks In The ABEC Corridor, From An Issyk-Kul Perspective. Methods, Tools, And Measures (ENG, RUS)
Session 3.4: Integration of Disaster and Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation in CAREC Projects (ENG, RUS)
Session 4.1: Central Asia Hydrometeorology Modernization Project (ENG, RUS)
Session 4.2: Climate Information & Early Warning Systems (ENG, RUS)
Session 4.3: Regional Initiatives for Early Warning Systems including Heat Risk (ENG, RUS)
Session 5.1: Decarbonizing health systems in the CAREC Region (ENG, RUS)
Session 5.2: Addressing Climate Change and Health to Enhance Regional Health Security (ENG, RUS)
Session 6: The Draft Minimum Requirements for Climate-Resilient Health Facilities (ENG, RUS)
Session 7.1: Transport Emission Assessment of CAREC Border Crossing Points (ENG, RUS)
Session 7.2: Midterm Review of CAREC Transport Strategy 2030 and Green/Resilient Transport (ENG, RUS)
Session 7.3: Carbon Pricing Policy Opportunities in Central Asia and Azerbaijan (ENG, RUS)
Session 7.4: Legislation of the RK in the field of ETS (ENG, RUS)
Session 8: CAREC Climate and Sustainability Project Preparatory Fund (CSPPF) (ENG, RUS)
Session 9.1: Climate-related activities delivered by countries (ENG, RUS)
Session 9.2: Implementation aspects and WGCC planning (ENG, RUS)
Highlights