World Bank2014-04-012014-04-012013-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17548This overview of climate change activities in the Kyrgyz Republic is part of a series of country notes for five Central Asian countries that summarize climate portfolio in a number of sectors, namely agriculture, forestry, water, health, energy, and transport. Recognizing the nature and significance of climate change contribution to an increase in disaster risk, the note also looks into the development partners' approaches and measures in this area. This note further provides a brief overview of the Kyrgyz Republic climate context in terms of observed impacts and historical trends as well as climate projections specific to sectors that are considered to be essential to the country's economic development. Finally, the note assesses national policy and institutional context related to climate change as well as suggests potential ways forward that can help the Kyrgyz Republic mainstream climate considerations into development activities and planning and create public demand for climate actions.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONALLOCATIONALTITUDEANNUAL PRECIPITATIONASSET MANAGEMENTAVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATIONCAPACITY BUILDINGCLIMATECLIMATE ACTIONCLIMATE ADAPTATIONCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIESCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONCLIMATE CHANGE CONDITIONSCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE ISSUESCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCLIMATE CHANGE POLICIESCLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONSCLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITYCLIMATE CONDITIONSCLIMATE PROJECTIONSCLIMATE RESILIENCECLIMATE RISKCLIMATE RISK ASSESSMENTSCLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENTCLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECTCLIMATE SCENARIOSCLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERSCLIMATE-RELATED RISKSCLIMATE-SENSITIVE SECTORSCLIMATIC CHANGECLIMATIC ZONESCOCONSERVATION OF FORESTSDAMAGE FROM CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERSDECISION MAKINGDESERTIFICATIONDUMPSECOLOGICAL ZONESECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC COSTSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC SECTORSECOSYSTEMELECTRICITYELECTRICITY SUPPLYEMISSIONSENERGY DEMANDENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY INFRASTRUCTUREENERGY SECURITYENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEXTREME WEATHEREXTREME WEATHER EVENTSFINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITYFLOODSFORESTFOREST CARBONFOREST CARBON STOCKSFOREST ECOSYSTEMSFOREST MANAGEMENTFOREST PRODUCTSFOREST RESOURCESFORESTRYFORESTRY SECTORFORESTSFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEGASGHGGLACIER MELTINGGLACIERSGLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITYGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASHEAVY RAINSHYDROLOGICAL POTENTIALHYDROLOGICAL SERVICESHYDROMETEOROLOGYICEIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPORTSINCOMEINDICATORS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINSPECTIONINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEJOBSLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLAKESLAND MANAGEMENTLIQUID WASTELOCAL COMMUNITIESLOSS OF FORESTLOW-CARBONMEAN TEMPERATUREMETEOROLOGICAL DATANATIONAL CLIMATENEGATIVE IMPACTSPESTICIDESPOLLUTIONPOPULATION GROWTHPORTFOLIOPOWER SECTORPUBLIC TRANSPORTPUBLIC UTILITIESRADIONUCLIDESRAILROADRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCESRESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGERIVERSROADROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD SAFETYROAD TRANSPORTRURAL WATERRURAL WATER SUPPLYSANITATIONSANITATION SECTORSEASONSERVICE DELIVERYSTORMSSURFACE TEMPERATURESURFACE TEMPERATURESSURFACE WATERSUSTAINABLE FORESTTEMPERATURE INCREASETEMPERATURE INCREASESTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORTTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION NETWORKSTRAVEL TIMEUNDERGROUNDURANIUMVEHICLEVULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGEWATER ALLOCATIONWATER COMPANIESWATER MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWATER SCARCITYWATER SECTORWATER SUPPLYWATER UTILITIESWINDWIND SPEEDWINTER TEMPERATURES10.1596/17548