Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC 2023)


Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC 2023)

When: Dushanbe city, Tajikistan

When: May 16-17, 2023

CACCC-2023 Concept&Agenda (draft) with links DOWNLOAD

The 5th Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2023) is scheduled for May 16-17, 2023 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

The 5th CACCC-2023 will bring together all stakeholders to discuss climate mitigation and adaptation actions, relevant initiatives to achieve cross-sectoral climate resilience. It is expected that participants of the 5th CACCC will learn about the progress and institutional arrangements for implementation of NDCs 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 cooperation. The Conference participants will also learn about the outcomes of participation of the Central Asian countries at the UNFCCC COP27 and plans with regional and national preparations for COP28 in Dubai, OAE. The conference will serve as the platform for a regional multi stakeholder dialogue on the challenges and opportunities of delivering national commitments under the Paris Agreement, support national governments and other stakeholders through coordinated preparations and participation at the COP28, as a as well as help build professional community of practice for knowledge exchange and collaborative implementation of climate initiatives and projects in the Central Asia. 

The Conference will be attended by authorized representatives of line ministries of the Central Asian countries. Active involvement and participation of business representatives, the expert community, international development partners, multilateral development banks, youth unions, non-governmental institutions, civil society organizations that carry out their activities in the field of climate change is expected. Most of the participants of the 5th CACCC will attend it offline. However, the event will also be streamed online with the opportunity for an active participation and interaction by online participants.

Information on invitation and registration will be available in March 2023.


The 5th Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2023) 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) and Central Asia Nexus Dialogue Project: Fostering Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus and Multi-Sector Investment (NEXUS) in cooperation with the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Central Asia Water & Energy Program (CAWEP), a partnership among the World Bank, the European Union, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and is supported by PROGREEN.


CAREC implements CAMP4ASB AF jointly with EC IFAS under the financial support of the World Bank and the Green Climate Fund. 



Preliminary Program


May 16, 2023 (Tuesday)

Day 1: Opening ceremony and discussion the progress toward national priorities

08:00-08:30        

Opening Ceremony

Opening remarks by

●     Government of Tajikistan

●     World Bank

●     European Union tbc

●     CAREC

08:30-09:00

Opening Plenary: Climate Change and Development for WEF security in Central Asia

09:00-09:30

Coffee Break/Group Photo

09:40-11:00

Panel Discussion 1: Emerging policies and strategies for long-term decarbonization in Central Asia

Statements by CA delegations

11:00-12:30

Parallel Session 1: Fostering Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus in Central Asia

Parallel Session 2: Decarbonizing energy sector

Parallel Session 3: Climate Change impacts on transboundary water resources from source to sea  

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:00

Panel discussion 2: Strengthening climate resilience of the Central Asian countries through 2030: gaps and opportunities

Statements by CA delegations

15:30-17:00

Parallel Session 3: Fostering Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus in Central Asia

Parallel Session 4: Circular Economy

Parallel Session 5: Resilient water services

17:00-17:10

Key messages from Day 1

19:00-21:00

 

Dinner on behalf of the World Bank and CAREC

May 17, 2023 (Wednesday)

Day 2: Leveraging potential for regional collaborations

08:00-09:00

Panel discussion 3: Leveraging regional collaboration in a changing global policy environment

Interventions by regional organizations and development partners

09:00-10:30

Parallel Session 1:

Next steps towards climate resilient Water, Energy and Food Security in Central Asia

Parallel Session 2: Air pollution, health, and climate

Parallel Session 3: Transparency, reporting and verification in Central Asia

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:30

Panel discussion 3: Leveraging regional collaboration in a changing global policy environment (continuation):

Interventions by regional organizations and development partners

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:00

Parallel Session 4: Simulation of Nexus approach (Nexus Game)

Parallel Session 5: Youth engagement into climate policy

15:00-15:30

 

Coffee break

15:30-15:40

 

Key messages from Day 2

15:40-16:30

Closing Plenary: Strengthening climate policy and actions in Central Asia through 2030: challenges and opportunities

16:30-17:00

 

Closing Ceremony

Closing remarks by

●     Government of Tajikistan

●     World Bank

●     European Union tbc

●     CAREC

19:00-21:00

Dinner on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan

 

Moderator of panel session 3. 

Deo Gabinete is a Regional Manager for the NDC Partnership Support Unit based at the UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Center in Bangkok, Thailand. He coordinates the implementation of the Partnership’s activities related to all the stages of country engagement and knowledge strategies in Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, and represents the Support Unit at national and regional fora relevant to NDC implementation.

Before joining the Support Unit, he served as a liaison for the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), where he coordinated CTCN's technical assistance, capacity building and networking activities for Asia-Pacific countries. He also led the Climate and Disaster Resilience programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization in the Philippines and supported the development and management of the country office's project portfolio on disaster risk reduction and management, climate change, fisheries, and ICT. He has been supporting government and non-government stakeholders, throughout his career, to increase their capacities to mainstream climate change and disaster resilience into development planning and policy implementation.

He holds a masters’ degree in Urban Environmental Management from the Asian Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s in Environmental Science from the Ateneo de Manila University.