Tajikistan country situation assessment

This work was carried out under the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), with financial support from the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DfID) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.This Country Situation Assessment has been produced as part of a series of preliminary papers to guide the long-term research agenda of the Pathways to Resilience in Semi-arid Economies (PRISE) project.For Tajikistan, climate change is a part of daily reality, where the poor and marginalized are most vulnerable to its impacts such as melting of glaciers, and fluctuation of runoff with effects on hydropower production and agriculture. Climate risks seriously undermine agricultural development. The report summarises the current situation in development plans by section: (i) National development strategy; poverty reduction strategy; respective policies and plans; socioeconomic trends; (ii) Climate and development, including future risk challenges to key economic sectors and human health; (iii) Implications for adaptation. The key strategic document in relation to climate change policy in Tajikistan is the National Action Plan (NAP)