The Eurasian Climate Brief

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From Central Asia to the Amazon: preparing for COP30

From Central Asia to the Amazon: preparing for COP309 Nov 202529 min

Central Asia is among the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change. Already today, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are facing various climate consequences: from droughts to landslides, from glacier melts to flash floods. At the same time, this region's energy landscape contains almost all energy sources from fossil to renewables; to a varying degree, the energy transition is underway, even if not at the desired pace. What are the five Central Asian del...