The event will take place Almaty time, Kazakhstan (GMT+5).
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In 2024, CACCC-2024 will delve into critical issues pertaining to water, energy, food security, and environmental sustainability within the context of a climate-affected Central Asia.
The Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2024) is poised to be a significant milestone in the ongoing regional climate discourse.
CACCC-2024 promises to be a confluence of diverse stakeholders, including practitioners from various sectors.
Participants will be apprised of the progress made by Central Asian countries in climate mitigation and adaptation, including their reporting under the Enhanced Transparency Framework. Additionally, the conference will highlight significant cross-sectoral initiatives aimed at bolstering climate resilience, exploring climate finance mechanisms, and discussing platforms that facilitate regional and international cooperation in the face of climate challenges.
CACCC-2024 core themes for discussion:
- Progress, challenges and gaps in the implementation of climate commitments by the Central Asian countries
- Governance and financial arrangements for implementation of sector-specific strategies at the national and local scales; and available platforms for regional climate coordination and cooperation;
- Potential for regional collaboration in climate change adaptation, carbon neutrality pathways, energy transition and security
- Challenges and opportunities of climate-related disaster risk reduction
- Resilient water and land management and activities accomplished by the project, “Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for Aral Sea Basin, Additional Financing (CAMP4ASB AF)”
- Innovations on managing macro-fiscal and financial risks while considering climate change issues and seizing the opportunities, innovation and financing of a green/carbon neutrality transition
- Promote collaborative NEXUS approach, technological advancements, and policy interventions to protect Central Asia's ecosystems and water-energy balance to ensure green, resilient, and inclusive development across the region
The CACCC-2024 will focus on reviewing and enhancing practical climate initiatives being implemented across Central Asia, aiming to bolster support for governmental and development partners, academic society and private sector efforts, and the broader populace in making climate ambitions into reality.
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The Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2024) is organized by the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) under Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program in the Aral Sea Basin AF (CAMP4ASB AF), the Central Asia Water and Energy Program (CAWEP) and “Climate Risk Management in Central Asia” program by GIZ.
The Central Asia Water and Energy Program (CAWEP) is a partnership between the World Bank, the European Union, Switzerland (through SECO) and the United Kingdom.
CAREC implements CAMP4ASB AF jointly with EC IFAS under the financial support of the World Bank and the Green Climate Fund.
Meeting Agenda
The program indicates the time of Tashkent, Uzbekistan (GMT+5).
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Working language: Russian, English.
The organizers will provide simultaneous translation for online and offline participants.
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The Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2024) is poised to be a significant milestone in the ongoing regional climate discourse. It is organized by CAREC in collaboration with the Central Asia Water and Energy Program (CAWEP), the World Bank (WB) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, in partnership with the SWITCH-Asia a programme funded by the European Union (EU SWITCH-Asia), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Coalition for Capacity on Climate Action (C3A), Asia Development Bank (ADB), Asia Development Institute (ADBI), the Kazakh-German University (DKU). along with valuable support provided from other programs and partners.
The CACCC-2024 will focus on reviewing and enhancing practical climate initiatives being implemented across Central Asia, aiming to bolster support for governmental and development partners, academic society and private sector efforts, and the broader populace in making climate ambitions into reality.
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Speakers
Date and place of birth:
November 11, 1982, Republic of Tajikistan.
Nationality: Tajik
Country of citizenship: Republic of Tajikistan
Country of current residence and work: Republic of Kazakhstan
Position Name: Executive Director
Organization: Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC)
Mr. Zafar Makhmudov is the Executive Director of the Regional Environmental
Centre for Central Asia (CAREC).
His main areas of professional expertise and activities are related to the mainstreaming climate change adaptation and mitigation into national development plans and strategies. Prior to joining CAREC, Mr. Makhmudov served as the Head of the Project Implementation Unit at the Committee for Environment Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, where he coordinated projects on natural resource management at all levels of their implementation, including project development, structuring, negotiation, execution and monitoring. He negotiated the initiation of new projects, which are carried out in close cooperation with a number of international development partners, in close coordination with the donor community and concerted actions of the multilateral development banks by providing access to climate and environmental funds with the support of the National Coordinator. The portfolio of implemented projects included the PPCR project in Tajikistan “Environmental Land Management and Improving Livelihoods in Rural Areas” and the “Program for Adaptation to Climate Change and Mitigation of Its Consequences in the Aral Sea Basin”.
Mr. Zafar Makhmudov also served as the Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the Committee on Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement of 2030. As a member of the Board of the Climate Investment Funds and Co-chair of the Pilot Program Committee for Climate Resilience, he has advanced experience in managing and preparing National Adaptation Plans, a National Adaptation Strategy for Climate Change, National Environmental Plan and extensive experience in conducting negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other climate related funds.
Speaker at parallel session A.3: WEF Nexus under Climate Change
Ms Lyudmila Kiktenko, Programme Manager, Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC)
Education in Economics and Business Administration, Economics of land degradation. Since 2016, she is the Manager of the European Union's "Central Asia Nexus Dialogue Project: Fostering Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus and Multi-Sector Investment".
Laying the foundation for the adoption and institutionalization of the water-energy-food security Nexus, today she leads implementation of the demonstration projects in 5 CA countries to prove the benefit of Nexus application for different types of tasks: 1) To tackle the sedimentation issue at Tuyamuyun Hydro-Complex (TKM-UZB) 2) To decrease the energy consumption by pumping stations (TAJ) 3) To plant dried bottom of Aral Sea Basin (KAZ)
Speaker at Panel Session 2: Leveraging regional collaboration in
a changing global policy environment
Firuz Ibrohimov has a BSc in Agriculture, an MSc in Land Management, and a PhD. in Environmental Science. With over 20 years of experience in sustainable development and urbanization. He has hands-on knowledge of forest management, grazing, protected areas, policy and planning, and sustainable use of natural resources.
Over the past two decades, he has spearheaded several legal initiatives on a national, regional, and international scale. He has a strong track record in managing and monitoring project portfolios, designing, advising, and evaluating multilateral-funded projects related to capacity development, agriculture, climate change, disaster risk management, and water resource management (both national and transboundary), as well as energy efficiency. He has worked as an independent consultant in more than 10 countries, including conducting midterm and final/terminal evaluations for UNDP-GEF, UNEP-GEF, and EU in Uzbekistan, Georgia, Russia, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China, Montenegro, and Botswana.
He is fluent in Tajik (native), English, Russian, Persian, Uzbek, Kazakh, and Turkish.
Materials
The event will take place Almaty time, Kazakhstan (GMT+5).
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