OSCE supports regional training seminar on climate change mitigation and adaptation in Central Asia

Advancing legal expertise on climate change adaptation and mitigation to foster environmentally sound practices is the focus of an annual three-day training seminar taking place from 26 to 28 September 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The event is organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan in partnership with the German-Kazakh University. Some 20 government officials in charge of environmental protection, climate change and water management in Central Asia and Afghanistan are taking part in the event. Participants will discuss effective climate governance practices, ecosystems-based and human rights responses. The trainers will focus on advancing the Paris Agreement by applying innovations as well as market and non-market instruments.

The training seminar is a follow-up to a Central Asia Leadership Programme training for young leaders held in September 2019. It aimed to strengthen capacities of youth representatives from the region in the context of the changing climate.

The event is part of the Programme Office’s long-standing efforts to engage youth and promote environmental leadership in the Central Asia region and Afghanistan.