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…
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,…
In 2025, CAN EECCA supported three member-led projects to demonstrate a simple but important point: civil society and youth are not just observers — they are active contributors to climate policymaking. These initiatives were implemented during a critical phase, as countries across the region were preparing and finalising their updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), submitted…
The project is implemented by the Public Foundation “Institute for Sustainable Development Strategy” (ISDS) in partnership with CAN EECCA. Mountain regions of Central Asia are increasingly facing the impacts of climate change. In response, the project “Regional Climate Dialogue for the Development of Mountain Regions” has been launched to strengthen regional cooperation within the CAN…
During the COP30 negotiations, countries raised an issue that had previously remained on the margins of attention: the fight against disinformation. Disinformation significantly slows climate reforms, undermines trust in science, and creates political barriers even to the most necessary decisions. That is why 21 countries have already endorsed the new Declaration on Information Integrity on…