Tajikistan country climate and development report

The Tajikistan Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) provides an analysis and recommendations on the country’s ambitions to green its economy and ensure a resilient development path. The costs of inaction would be high, threatening lives and the country’s economic growth prospects. More frequent and severe droughts, floods, landslides, heat, and air pollution are just some of the impacts Tajikistan faces from climate change.

These disasters underscore the need for urgent action to protect the country's people and economy from climate shocks. According to the Tajikistan Country and Climate Development Report, the cost of inaction would be high:

• Climate change-related damages to infrastructure, livestock productivity, and agriculture could reduce real GDP by 5-6% by 2050.
• The annual average costs of land degradation in Tajikistan are estimated at nearly $325 million, which is only expected to double by 2050.
• Air pollution already accounts for 84 deaths per 100,000 residents—the second highest in Central Asia—that would only worsen without investment and policy reform.
• Climate impacts could push an additional 100,000 people into poverty, with women, children, and persons with disabilities most at risk.