CAN EECCA is pleased to announce the launch of its Capacity Development Support Programme, designed to strengthen civil society organisations within the CAN EECCA network. Our mission is to enhance network members’ ability to influence climate policy and drive effective initiatives across the region. Programme objectives: Building capacity: Strengthening civil society organisations’ capacity to engage…
[Read the full nuclear energy position paper] Amid ongoing global debate over the role of nuclear power in climate policy — and in the year marking the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, whose consequences hit the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia region particularly hard — the Climate Action Network Eastern Europe, Caucasus and…
Published by Agora Energiewende on 26 June 2026, this policy brief investigates how deeper cross-border power system integration could accelerate the energy transition across Central Asia while lowering costs and improving energy security. The findings draw on the PyPSA-SPICE Central Asia model, a detailed power system model covering Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, developed to analyse…
Published by Agora Energiewende on 26 June 2026, this policy brief examines how Kazakhstan can scale up renewable energy while keeping its power system reliable and affordable. The analysis is based on detailed power system modelling and operational assessment of the country’s electricity grid, focusing on the flexibility needed to integrate growing shares of wind,…
The project “Regional Climate Dialogue for the Development of Mountain Regions”, implemented by the Public Foundation “Institute for Sustainable Development Strategy” (ISDS) in partnership with the Climate Action Network Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (CAN EECCA), aimed to strengthen regional cooperation and enhance climate resilience in the mountain regions of Central Asia. Mountain regions…
Central Asia remains one of the most climate-vulnerable regions in the world. Accelerating glacier melt in the Tien Shan and Pamir mountains, prolonged droughts, destructive dust storms, and the critical shrinking of the Caspian and Aral Seas are no longer abstract risks — they are an everyday reality for millions of people. Against this backdrop,…
Glaciers are natural freshwater reservoirs. The Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers — on which all five Central Asian countries depend — receive 70–80% of their flow from meltwater originating in the Tien Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. The condition of these ice masses directly determines whether the region will have enough water for livelihoods,…