Causes of climate change and minimizing its impacts

Selected bibliography

Agreements at the Global and Regional Levels

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (New York, 1992) 

Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto, 1997) 

Paris Agreement on Climate (Paris, December 2015) 

Concepts and Strategies

The Global Climate Observing System: Regional Action Plan for Central Asia (2004) 

Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Central Asia (2023) 

Resolutions of the UN General Assembly

A/RES/43/53 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/54/222 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/62/86 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/63/32 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/64/73 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/65/159 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/66/200 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/67/210 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/68/212 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/70/205Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/71/228 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/72/219 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/73/232 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/74/219 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/75/217 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind 

A/RES/76/205 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind (2022) 

A/RES/77/165 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind (2022) 

A/RES/78/153 Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind (2023) 

Monographs and brochures

Climate change in Central Asia. Illustrated Summary (CAREC, Zoi, 2020) 

Climate change in Uzbekistan. Illustrated Summary (CAREC, Zoi, 2020) 

Climate change in Tajikistan. Illustrated Summary (CAREC, Zoi, 2020) 

Climate Finance in Central Asia. A Survey of International and Local Investments (CAREC, Zoi, 2020) 

Climate Facts and Policy: Kazakhstan (Zoi, 2015) 

Climate Facts and Policy: Kyrgyzstan (Zoi, 2015) 

Climate Facts and Policy: Tajikistan (Zoi, 2015) 

Climate Facts and Policy: Turkmenistan (Zoi, 2015) 

Climate Facts and Policy: Uzbekistan (Zoi, 2015) 

Climate risks and vulnerability assessment. National level report for Kazakhstan (2021) 

Climate risks and vulnerability assessment. National level report for Kyrgyzstan (2021) 

Climate Risks and Vulnerability Assessment. National Level Report for Tajikistan (2021) 

Climate Risks and Vulnerability Assessment. National Level Report for Turkmenistan (2021) 

Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development / Uitto J.I., Puri J., van den Berg R.D. (Eds.) (2016) 

Maas A., Issayeva G., Ruttinger L., Umirbekov A. - Climate Change and Water-Energy-Agriculture Nexus in Central Asia (2012) 

Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty / S. Hallegatte, M. Bangalore, L. Bonzanigo, M. Fay, T. Kane, U. Narloch, J. Rozenberg, D. Treguer, A. Vogt-Schilb (2015) 

The Human Cost of Weather-Related Disasters 1995-2015 (2015) 

Women, food and climate change in Central Asia (CAREC, Zoi, 2020) 

Papers

Khaydarov M., Gerlitz L. - Climate variability and change over Uzbekistan – an analysis based on high resolution CHELSA data (2019) 

Mannig B., Muller M., Starke E., Merkenschlager C., Mao W., Zhi X., Podzun R., Jacob D., Paeth H. - Dynamical downscaling of climate change in Central Asia (2013) 

Papathoma-Kohle M., Promper C., Glade T. - A Common Methodology for Risk Assessment and Mapping of Climate Change Related Hazards—Implications for Climate Change Adaptation Policies (2016) 

Puma M.J. - A Holistic Approach to Guide Development of Future Climate Scenarios for Water Resource Applications (2012) 

Unger-Shayesteh K., Vorogushyn S., Farinotti D., Gafurov A., Duethmann D., Mandychev A., Merz B. - What do we know about past changes in the water cycle of Central Asian headwaters? A review (2013) 

Reports

Climate Risks and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA). National Level Report for Kazakhstan (2021) 

Climate Risks and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA). National Level Report for Kyrgyzstan (2021) 

Climate Risks and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA). National Level Report for Tajikistan (2021) 

Climate Risks and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA). National Level Report for Turkmenistan (2021) 

Climate Risks and Vulnerability Assessment (CRVA). National Level Report for Uzbekistan (2021) 

Regulatory and procedural guidelines and reference information

Radojevic B. - Training Guidelines on Integrated Flood and Drought Management (2015)