Buxoro

Toshkent

Qoraqalpog‘iston Respublikasi

Farg‘ona

Xorazm

Samarqand

Jizzax

Sirdaryo

Namangan

Surxondaryo

Navoiy

Andijon

Qashqadaryo

Uzbekistan

Reduction in specific greenhouse gas emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 10% from the level of 2010

Implementation of 62 projects is envisaged in 2020-2030 including construction of 35 HPPs totalling 1537MW and modernisation of 27 existing HPPs with 186MW capacity added.

Construction of 3GW wind and 5GW solar power capacities by 2030.

Ecological improvement of the Aral Sea area by carrying out forest reclamation measures on the dried bottom of the Aral Sea on an area of 80 thousand hectares by 2017 against a 2013 baseline

Electrification of railways in the Karshi-Termez section resulting in a reduction to 850 tons per year of emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere by 2017 against a 2013 baseline

New fuels in the transport sector resulting in a reduction of emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere by 5 - 8 thousand tons per year and reduction of GHG emissions by 2017 against a 2013 baseline

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Central and West Asia are among the fastest-warming regions, with temperatures rising by 0.2–0.4°C per decade. Glacier systems in the Pamir and Tien Shan ranges are retreating rapidly; projections indicate over 50 per cent of glacier volume could be lost by 2100. This cryosphere meltdown is disrupting water cycles, threatening the livelihoods and food security of over 340 million people across nine countries. The most vulnerable are women, smallholder farmers, and micro-entrepreneurs who depend on glacier-fed rivers for crops and hydropower. Without urgent intervention, communities risk worsening poverty, displacement, and instability.

The Glaciers to Farms (G2F) Programme responds to this crisis by integrating climate science into development planning and deploying concrete adaptation measures in glacier-dependent river basins. The programme focuses 100 per cent on adaptation and aligns with national priorities, including National Adaptation Plans (NAP), Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This project includes several components, including climate-informed planning tools, the development of bankable adaptation projects and new financing approaches such as outcome-based resilience bonds. It aims to expand capacity within Ministries of Finance, Planning and Environment to apply climate budgeting and screening tools. G2F will support the creation of infrastructure for climate finance, mentoring for agriculture enterprises, and design of cross-border pilot projects.

G2F will deliver substantial, measurable improvements in climate resilience for communities and ecosystems. The programme aims to reduce the vulnerability of approximately 45 million people across nine countries by providing more stable water and food supplies, infrastructure that can withstand shocks, stronger social safety nets, and healthier ecosystems.

GCF Project Preparation Facility (PPF) support was provided to conduct feasibility studies and stakeholder consultations across all nine countries, which was instrumental in refining the programme’s design.

<p>The project goal is to contribute to rural poverty alleviation in the country through increased climate services for agriculture, improving resilience, incomes and enhanced economic growth in rural farming communities and at the sector level. The Adaptation Fund funding will be used to achieve this goal through the following objectives:• Objective 1. Develop an agro-climatic monitoring, analysis, communication and information system for local level decision making in agriculture and food security • Objective 2. Develop institutional and technical capacity for long-term climate scenario analysis, adaptation framework planning and policy-making for agricultural productionsystems • Objective 3. Providing climate services to rural population to increase awareness on predicted adverse impacts of climate change in agriculture, and of appropriate responses</p>

The Sustainable and Inclusive Green Acceleration Programme (“SAIGA”; or “the Programme”) in Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Türkiye and Uzbekistan (hereafter the “focus countries”) is created to accelerate decarbonization and market transformation through adoption of climate mitigation technologies at scale by leveraging the financial sector to catalyse innovative private sector investments in line with the national NDC objectives. 

The Programme will support private sector businesses, predominantly micro, small and medium enterprises (“MSMEs”) and households, as end beneficiaries, and Financial Institutions (“FIs”) as intermediaries to focus on gender-responsive climate mitigation activities, including demand-side energy efficiency (in industry, commerce and buildings) and decentralized renewable energy investments (including battery storage). 
The objective of SAIGA is to help financial intermediaries and end beneficiaries in the target countries to overcome some of the major barriers hindering the quick uptake of mitigation practices and technologies to drive decarbonisation. 

These barriers include: i) technical barriers, such as low levels of awareness both among FIs and end beneficiaries of the availability and benefits of such technologies; low levels of awareness of climate risks they face; fragmentation of supply chains; ii) financial barriers, such as access to long-term affordable green finance both for FIs and end beneficiaries, especially underserved segments (MSMEs, households, women-led businesses, rural populations and businesses; etc); higher upfront costs of adopting some of these technologies compared to business as usual (“BAU”), and iii) the regulatory environment in the targeted countries is not yet sufficient to incentivise decarbonisation efforts by the financial sector. 

These barriers have been further exacerbated by the COVID pandemic, as well as recent geopolitical instability and conflicts across different regions that have led to a certain de-prioritisation of the climate agenda. 

The Programme is built around the mutually reinforcing components, as described below which facilitate the desired transformation and will be applied as most relevant for the different markets. Building on these three Components, the Programme brings solutions to some of the above-mentioned barriers to allow for an acceleration of decarbonisation efforts driven by the financial system. 

For more information about the barriers and programme components addressing them please refer to the section below and to the section Project Description.

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