The UNFCCC has released the report (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/INF.2) of a workshop to further the understanding of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) by developing countries, underlying assumptions, and support needed for implementation of these actions. The report contains a summary of the workshop presentations and the exchanges of views.

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Nationally appropriate mitigation actions by developing country Parties in the context of sustainable development, supported and enabled by technology, financing and capacity-building, in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner 

The Energy Ministry refuses that there are energy efficiency and energy saving programs  in building sector. Programs for energy efficiency and energy saving are not in the plans of the Energy Ministry of the Kyrgyz Republic. 

Water, water everywhere in Kyrgyzstan – except when and where it’s needed. Kyrgyzstan is a Central Asian nation that traditionally has been well endowed with water. But, in an era marked by global warming, old assumptions about water supplies are changing, and farmers are getting nervous. Conditions in Togotoi, a village in southern Kyrgyzstan’s Osh Province, help illustrate the challenges. Farmers there are rushing to finish planting their corn, wheat and vegetables by late May. But no one knows whether the province will have enough water during this summer’s growing season, as arid summers have become the new norm.