The webinar “Global Climate Dialog. Climate Solutions for Kazakhstan” will take place on Earth Day, April 22, 2021. Time: 9.30 – 11.35.
The event is devoted to discussion of the role of education for climate change action and sustainable cities, smart cities of the future, 13 Sustainable Development Goal to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. Participants of the webinar will discuss the preparation process of Kazakhstan at the national level to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP26).
The representatives of the Kazakhstan Government, the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Austrian Embassy to Kazakhstan, the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia, the Delegation of the European Union to Kazakhstan, the United Nations Environment Programme together with representatives of the academia and civil society will participate in the webinar.
The Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC) conducts consistent activities to unite common efforts to develop Kazakhstan’s policy for UNFCCC COP26 with the participation of the representatives of ministries, departments, international organizations, and expert community focusing on issues of climate and environmental policy, green technologies, and environment protection. To present a draft of the regional statement of Central Asian countries for COP26 is developed. Supposedly, the statement will attract attention not only to the progress but to the challenges including financing issues, adaptation, new technologies implementation at the next UNFCCC COP. As noted by the Executive Director of CAREC, Zafar Makhmudov, CAREC's activities in preparation for UNFCCC COP26 are being carried out by the wishes and requests of countries to conduct a permanent regional dialogue to increase its “visibility” in global climate negotiations. “CAREC promotes the political dialogue and capacity-building of the national delegations of the countries of the region to participate in the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,” said Zafar Makhmudov. He noted that the issues of the UNFCCC COP26 will be discussed at the Fourth Central Asian Conference on Climate Change (CACCC-2021) in Dushanbe.
The online event “Solve Climate by 2030” is conducted by NJSC “Narxoz University” in partnership with the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia, Delegation of the European Union to Kazakhstan, the Austrian Embassy to Kazakhstan, Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kazakhstan, United Nations Environment Programme, and the REC Green Academy.
The event is a part of a global “Solve Climate by 2030” initiative aimed at discussion of something of critical importance to the future: how an ambitious green recovery based on international, national, and local action can put us on the way to coping with climate change by 2030.
Registration is available at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqcuuqrzItGtee8higyuuZHGN6cOk128LP
Contact person: Saltanat Zhakenova, a Specialist on Climate Change of the project “Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for Aral Sea Basin” (CAMP4ASB), w/a +7 701 733 8435, szhakenova@carececo.org