On September 11, 2025, the Agency for Hydrometeorology of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan hosted the first meeting of the Working Group on the development of the National Fund for Glacier Conservation, as well as the National Action Plan (NAP) and the Sub-Regional Action Program (Sub-Regional Action Plan) on the Cryosphere.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the national context within the framework of achieving Vision 2050 and to develop coordinated approaches to the development of an action program aimed at the conservation and sustainable management of Tajikistan's cryosphere. Special attention was paid to the formation of a common understanding of the tasks of monitoring and protecting glaciers and snow cover.
The meeting was attended by members of the Working Group established under the Agency for Hydrometeorology, representing relevant ministries and departments.
The results of the national workshop held on April 24-25, 2025 in Hissar and the target matrices prepared for the development of the National Cryosphere Action Plan were presented to the Working Group for consideration.
During the active discussion, the members of the Working Group made suggestions and recommendations for improving the target matrices, which will be taken into account in the preparation of the National Action Plan (NAP).
The event was held within the framework of the GEF-UNDP-UNESCO regional project " Strengthening the resilience of central asian countries by enabling regional cooperation to assess glacio-nival systems to develop integrated methods for sustainable development and adaptation to climate change", implemented with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
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