Tajikistan : Key Priorities for Climate Change Adaptation

How should Tajikistan adapt to ongoing and future climate change, in particular given the many pressing development challenges it currently faces? The paper argues that for developing countries like Tajikistan, faster economic and social development is the best possible defense against climate change. It presents some key findings from a recent nationally representative household survey to illustrate the strong public support for more climate change related spending on better management of water resources, disaster management, agriculture, and public health--four key sectors that the government's latest poverty reduction strategy identifies as being especially important from a climate change perspective. Finally, the paper argues that, as important as project-based adaptation measures may be, it is imperative that they be supported by an overall policy framework that provides a truly enabling environment to facilitate faster climate change adaptation.

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Main Authors:	Barbone, Luca, Reva, Anna, Zaidi, Salman
Language:	English
Published:	2010-11-01
Subjects:	ADVERSE CLIMATE, ADVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE, ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, ALLOCATION, ALUMINUM, ARMED CONFLICTS, AWARENESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CHLORINATION, CITIZENS, CLEAN WATER, CLIMATE, CLIMATE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGY, CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE MODULE, CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEM, CLIMATE CHANGE RISK, CLIMATE CHANGES, CLIMATE CONDITIONS, CLIMATE EFFECTS, CLIMATE EXTREMES, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, CLIMATE SENSITIVE, CLIMATE SENSITIVE SECTORS, CLIMATE-CHANGE, CLIMATE-CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE-RELATED HAZARDS, CO2, COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE, COMBUSTION, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, DEFORESTATION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES, DEVELOPMENT PLANS, DISASTER PREVENTION, DISEASES, DONOR COMMUNITY, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, EFFICIENT WATER USE, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, EMERGENCIES, EMISSION, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ESSENTIAL MEDICINES, EXTREME WEATHER, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, FERTILITY, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FLOOD CONTROL, FLOOD PROTECTION, FLOODS, FOSSIL FUELS, FRESH WATER, FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, GAS, GLACIERS, GLOBAL CLIMATE, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL MEAN TEMPERATURES, GLOBAL WARMING, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GASES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROSS NATIONAL INCOME, HAND WASHING, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HIGH TEMPERATURES, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS, HYDROCARBONS, HYGIENE EDUCATION, HYGIENE ISSUES, ILLNESSES, INCOME, INDUSTRIAL PLANTS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, LACK OF FOOD, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND OWNERSHIP, LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, MALARIA, MANAGEMENT OF WATER, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, MEDICAL STAFF, MIGRATION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MORTALITY, MOUNTAIN GLACIERS, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEGATIVE IMPACT, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POWER SUPPLY, PRECIPITATION, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, PROGRESS, PUBLIC ATTENTION, PUBLIC AWARENESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SUPPORT, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REMITTANCES, RIVERS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL POPULATION, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SANITATION, SCARCITY OF WATER, SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, SEASON, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOIL EROSION, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE, TEMPERATURE, TRANSPORTATION, URBAN CENTERS, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, VULNERABLE ECONOMIES, WARMING CLIMATE, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER GOVERNANCE, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WEATHER EXTREMES, WORKFORCE, WORLD POPULATION,
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101130125537 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3969
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