Mountain Partnership: Water, energy, forests: regional experts
identify key issues for Central Asia. Dushanbe, Tajikistan:
Effective adaptation strategies are required in response to the
impact of climate change in mountain regions. With a view to
better integrating scientific evidence and mountain people’s
experience into international discussions, experts from
Azerbaijan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Tajikistan met in
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from 9 to 11 November 2011. “The venue of
the meeting is not accidental” said Talbak Salimov, Minister of
the Environment and Chairman of the Committee on Environmental
Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan.
He went on to explain that “Central Asia is a veritable climate
change hotspot. Our countries are passive smokers affected by
carbon emissions from neighbouring countries.” Organized by the
Mountain Partnership Secretariat and the University of Central
Asia in collaboration with the Government of Tajikistan, the
meeting was held within the fr