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Accepted Paper:
Paper abstract:
As a result of anthropogenic pressures, as well as due to climate change, water resources are being reduced, the risks and number of floods, avalanches, mudflows and other natural disasters are increasing.The current practice of sectoral management is an obstacle to solving complex and interrelated issues of development of the countries of Central Asia and the NEXUS approach is recognized as more effective for interaction and cooperation in order to achieve sustainable development goals. The necessity and possibility of solving environmental problems by joint efforts is recognized by all Central Asian states, experts, international organizations and non-governmental organizations.
The climate is warming. Not only is Central Asia warming faster than the world average, it is also getting warmer at higher elevations faster. Consequently, the ice melts faster and melts at higher altitudes, which means in general glaciers in the region are losing ice and shrinking. Contraction occurs by retreat or thinning, or both.
Windblown dust in the Central Asia from the dry bed of the Aral Sea falls on the surface of the glaciers and reduces their reflectivity, causing them to absorb more solar energy. This speeds up the melting even more.
The only way to slow or prevent accelerated glacier melt is to slow or reverse global warming. And the main way is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and remove greenhouse gases that are already in the atmosphere. Most of the current action to combat climate change is focused on the first of these approaches.
The best hope for saving Central Asia's glaciers is concerted global action to decarbonize the economy.
Нынешняя ситуация с вододелением, видимо, не укладывается в каноны формальной логики. Действительно, существует некая проблема, важная для всех, известны подходы к ее решению и нежелательные последствия от затяжки этих решений. Но никто не торопится первым сесть за стол переговоров. Это тем более странно, учитывая, что большую часть забот переговорщиков снял еще в 1970-80 годах Минводхоз СССР, разработавший «Схемы комплексного использования и охраны водных ресурсов» для всех крупнейших речных бассейнов региона. В них был принят годовой речной сток 90% обеспеченности с учетом подземных и возвратных вод в границах каждого крупного речного бассейна. В дальнейшем требовалось только рассчитать перспективные потребности в воде каждой республики и выделить каждой из них квоту (процентную долю) от ежегодно уточняемых фактических запасов водных ресурсов.
Development of the green economy as a driver of sustainable development in Central Asia (Russian)
Session 1 Friday 20 October, 2023, -