OSCE supports regional workshop on climate change adaptation measures in Kazakshtan

An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar on climate change adaptation measures concluded on 26 September 2018 in Almaty.

The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana in partnership with the Kazakh-German University and the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia for some 35 officials and decision makers from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan responsible for water management at the national level.

The training seminar was a follow-up to an earlier event of the Central Asia Leadership Programme that aimed to strengthen capacities of young leaders in the context of the changing climate.

Participants learned best practices in using financial instruments to foster environmentally sound investments through legal and governance mechanisms and identified local challenges in implementing the Paris Climate Agreement. The training also focussed on the effects of climate change globally and in the Central Asia context and advanced climate change mitigation measures.

This event is an example of the regional co-operation in the environmental governance sector and falls in line with the 2003 Maastricht Ministerial Council decision on the OSCE Strategy Document for Economic and Environmental Dimension, which emphasizes the importance of promoting sustainable development and addressing environmental degradation in the host country.