GLOFCA Pilot Site in Uzbekistan
Pskem was chosen as a pilot site for the Glacier Lake Outburst Floods project. We take you on a trip to this beautiful village in the mountains not far away from Tashkent, the Uzbek capital. A Swiss and an Uzbek team went together to explore the location and to have consultations with the project stakeholders. […]
Pskem was chosen as a pilot site for the Glacier Lake Outburst Floods project. We take you on a trip to this beautiful village in the mountains not far away from Tashkent, the Uzbek capital. A Swiss and an Uzbek team went together to explore the location and to have consultations with the project stakeholders.
Pskem was chosen as a pilot site for the Glacier Lake Outburst Floods project. We take you on a trip to this beautiful village in the mountains not far away from Tashkent, the Uzbek capital. A Swiss and an Uzbek team went together to explore the location and to have consultations with the project stakeholders.
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RES 2026: Cooperation of Central Asian Countries on Disaster Risk Reduction and the Cryosphere
As part of the Regional Ecological Summit (RES), to be held on 22–24 April 2026, the UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty will organize three thematic events. These are implemented under the UNESCO–AF GLOFCA project and the GEF–UNDP–UNESCO Cryosphere Project and aim to strengthen regional cooperation and promote practical approaches to climate change adaptation.
Online Side-Event: Regional Dialogue on Cryospheric Sciences in Central Asia
On 19 March 2026, the UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty will host an online side-event dedicated to advancing regional cooperation on cryospheric sciences in Central Asia.
The GLOFCA Project Supports Construction of a Debris Diversion Channel in Tuura-Suu Village, Kyrgyz Republic
From December 2025 to January 2026, additional adaptation measures were implemented in the Ton River basin of the Kyrgyz Republic under the project “Reducing vulnerabilities of populations in Central Asia from glacier lake outburst floods in a changing climate” (GLOFCA), implemented by UNESCO with the support of the Adaptation Fund.