The atlas was compiled with the support of the Country Office of the United Nations World Food Programme in the Kyrgyz Republic (WFP UN) and with financial support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

The atlas was compiled with the support of the Country Office of the United Nations World Food Programme in the Kyrgyz Republic (WFP UN) and with financial support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

The Atlas of Glacial Lakes of Tajikistan was prepared by the Agency for Hydrometeorology of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan with the support of the UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty, within the framework of the project “Reducing the Vulnerability of Central Asian Populations to Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in a Changing Climate” (GLOFCA), financed by the Adaptation Fund.

The Atlas of Glacial Lakes of Tajikistan was prepared by the Agency for Hydrometeorology of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan with the support of the UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty, within the framework of the project “Reducing the Vulnerability of Central Asian Populations to Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in a Changing Climate” (GLOFCA), financed by the Adaptation Fund.

The Atlas of Glacial Lakes of Tajikistan was prepared by the Agency for Hydrometeorology of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan with the support of the UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty, within the framework of the project “Reducing the Vulnerability of Central Asian Populations to Glacier Lake Outburst Floods in a Changing Climate” (GLOFCA), financed by the Adaptation Fund.

Learn more about project’s milestones in this flyer.

Educational leaflet developed for Primary School Students in collaboration with NIGMI.

Educational leaflet developed for Middle School Students in collaboration with NIGMI.

The GLOFCA Project has developed a visual to better explain the mechanism of the EWS that will be employed in the project’s pilot sites.

The first edition of the GLOFCA Quarterly Newsletter for 2025 features highlights from our participation in key events and upcoming plans for Early Warning System installations across Central Asia. The newsletter is available in two languages (English and Russian).

This manual details the process of creating a glacial lake inventory for Central Asia using a standardized, automated approach. It uses open-source Python tools and Sentinel-2 data to regularly update lake maps across the region.