From left to right: Takir Balykbayev, Zhanna Kurmangaliyeva, Igor Severskiy, and Akhmetkal Medeu  UNESCO Almaty Office would like to congratulate Mr. Takir Balykbayev to his appointment as the Director of the LLP “Central Asian Regional Glaciological Centre category 2 under the auspices of UNESCO”. We look forward to further strengthen our cooperation specially in the […]

Press release: Wednesday, 2 March 2022 – The UNESCO Almaty Office and the Kazakh State Institution “Kazselezaschita” are joining forces in a project named “Reducing vulnerabilities of populations in Central Asia region from glacier lake outburst floods in a changing climate” (GLOFCA), funded by the Adaptation Fund. As part of the GLOFCA’s YEAR-1 activities, Kazselezaschita […]

From February 23-35, 2022 an international online conference organized by the Kazakh-German University within the framework of the Green Central Asia Initiative. The main objective of the conference was to provide innovative solutions to the five Central Asian economies (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) by: Informing on decision-making processes based on scientific research in […]

The report published on February 28, 2022 is looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt to climate change. We are in the middle of a men made crises! https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6wg2/pdf/IPCC_AR6_WGII_SummaryForPolicymakers.pdf Press statement by […]

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. […]

Press release Dushanbe, Tajikistan Thursday, 17th of February – United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) Almaty Cluster Office Director, Krista Pikkat hold a meeting with the Director of the Agency for hydrometeorology of the Committee of Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Kurbonzoda Abdullo Habibulo and other representatives of […]

Overview and objectives of GLOFCA project by Natalia Kim – UNESCO Almaty (in Russian language)

Here we show some locations where GLOFCA project activities will take place from 2022 onwards. You will see images of Pamir glaciers in Tajikistan as well as images of the river Panj.

The Zurich University is the scientific partner of the GLOFCA project. In this presentation, you also get to know the Zurich team of the project.

The GLOFCA project had a good kickoff!

The first regional exchange workshop under the GLOFCA project took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from November 18–19, 2021.