Climate Resilience Develoipment in Tajikistan

Tajikistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The key impacts identified are more frequent and damaging. This is aggravated by the environmental degradation, high exposure and the vulnerability of the populations and their livelihoods. Water scarcity and its seasonality; cross border nature of most rivers and the lack of data to inform water resource management and increased crop water demand are the other key climate risks.

The Khatlon Region is according to the World Bank the poorest in the country with a poverty rate of 32.8% and one of the most vulnerable regions of the country from a socioeconomic and environmental perspective. The most critical issues in the region include growing pressure on natural resources such as land and water due to high population growth as well as to unsustainable and uninformed agricultural practices. Coupled with poor education services, unreliable supply with electricity during the cold season, a lack of income opportunities, degraded land and extreme hot weather conditions, it is creating a highly challenging habitat that is further deteriorating due to the climate change impact from year to year.

Das Projekt in Kürze

Hintergrund	Tajikistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The key impacts identified are more frequent and damaging. This is aggravated by the environmental degradation, high exposure and the vulnerability of the populations and their livelihoods. Water scarcity and its seasonality; cross border nature of most rivers and the lack of data to inform water resource management and increased crop water demand are the other key climate risks. The Khatlon Region is according to the World Bank the poorest in the country with a poverty rate of 32.8% and one of the most vulnerable regions of the country from a socioeconomic and environmental perspective. The most critical issues in the region include growing pressure on natural resources such as land and water due to high population growth as well as to unsustainable and uninformed agricultural practices. Coupled with poor education services, unreliable supply with electricity during the cold season, a lack of income opportunities, degraded land and extreme hot weather conditions, it is creating a highly challenging habitat that is further deteriorating due to the climate change impact from year to year.
Ziele	The population of the region concerned by the project benefits from a climate resilient development path.
Zielgruppen	Over  the  course  of  four  years,  the program  will  be  implemented  in  three districts  of  Southern  Khatlon  (Dusti, Jayhun and Qubodiyon) and  in  the  peri-urban area of Bokthar city- the capital city of  Khatlon  region,  benefiting  around 28,000  people  (including  14,000 females). The  state  partners  and  institutions  will  benefit  from  the capacity building events (Committee  for  Environment  Protection, Ministry  of  Agriculture,  Committee  for Emergency Situations, Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, Academia).
Mittelfristige Wirkungen	Outcome 1:  Communities and local authorities manage natural resources sustainably and take measures to conserve critically important areas such as biodiversity hotspots. Outcome 2:  Vulnerable households, especially women and youth, are resilient to climate change through diversified sustainable livelihoods and innovative solutions addressing climate risks. Outcome 3:  The Committee for Environmental Protection incorporates scientific evidence and field experience into the policy dialogue related to climate change and biodiversity.
Resultate	Erwartete Resultate:   New Management Plan of the Tigrovaya  Balka Nature Reserve  is  endorsed and implemented  by the  State  Enterprise  for National  Protected  Areas and funded by government and external sources; Selected sites of the ecosystems in the vicinity of the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve are restored; Vulnerable households diversified their livelihoods, shifted from conventional to regenerative agricultural practices and benefitted from renewable energy and waste management solutions; Public awareness raised on the importance of climate change and loss of biodiversity particularly among youth; Facilitated knowledge management serves to share and exchange solutions to adapt to climate change; Policy insights are shared and used to develop future interventions to adapt to climate change
Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt	DEZA
Kreditbereich	Ostzusammenarbeit
Projektpartner	Vertragspartner Privatsektor Schweizerische Non-Profit-Organisation HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Ausländischer Privatsektor Norden
Koordination mit anderen Projekten und Akteuren	Coordination  and  synergies  with government  structures,  local  authorities, the EU, the World Bank, UN agencies and INGOs, civil society and the private sector will be ensured through existing decision making  platforms  such  as  the Tajikistan Disaster Risk Reduction National platform and the Pasture Management Network. The collaboration with other Swiss-funded  relevant projects  (e.g.  Weather,  Water  and Climate Services of Caritas CH) will be strengthened through peer exchange, sharing  best  practices  and  knowledge
Budget	Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF    1’850’000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF    600’000
Projektphasen	Phase 1 15.11.2023 - 14.11.2037   (Laufende Phase)

Weitere technische Details

• Sektor nach Kategorisierung des Entwicklungshilfeekomitees der OECD	ALLGEMEINER UMWELTSCHUTZ ENERGIE ALLGEMEINER UMWELTSCHUTZ
  Sub-Sektor nach Kategorisierung des Entwicklungshilfeekomitees der OECD	Biodiversität Energy conservation and demand-side efficiency Politik und Verwaltung im Umweltschutzbereich
  Querschnittsthemen	Projekt fördert die Biodiversität.
  Unterstützungsform	Auftrag mit treuhänderischer Mittelverwaltung Projekt- und Programmbeitrag
  Projektnummer	7F07919