CAREC 2030: Supporting Regional Actions to Address Climate Change—A Scoping Study
This publication presents a comprehensive overview of the potential impact of climate change on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) member countries. It assesses and recommends how CAREC member countries can collaborate to address climate change issues and reduce disaster risks through regional cooperation.
The countries in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) region face severe impacts of climate change, including storms, droughts, floods, heatwaves and other extreme events. It will be critical for the welfare of the people in the CAREC region that climate change issues are addressed urgently and effectively. The report's overarching conclusion is that CAREC has a unique and urgent opportunity to chart a course of proactive, systematic, and strategic engagement in supporting its member countries in reinforcing, modifying, and implementing existing national strategies on climate change mitigation and adaptation, and in developing a range of regional actions in response to the regional nature of many climate change impacts and solutions.