Zhaparov at CICA Summit: Kyrgyzstan pursues active policy aimed at mitigating effects of climate change

Bishkek, Oct. 13, 2022. /Kabar/. “Our country is pursuing an active policy aimed at curbing and mitigating the negative climate impact on nature, in particular, on glaciers and biodiversity, and is putting forward important international initiatives,” President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov told at the VI Summit of the Member States of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana (Kazakhstan). The Kyrgyz president noted that the new direction of security policy is both counteraction to negative climate changes on Earth and adaptation to them. “Recently, in different regions of the world, including the CICA space, natural disasters have been observed in the form of floods, mudflows, landslides and earthquakes, which caused great destruction and human casualties. We have no other alternative than to adapt to these complex natural processes. In this regard, we are grateful, first of all, to the distinguished heads of state and government of the CICA member states, as well as our friends for supporting our initiative to declare 2022 the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development by the UN General Assembly,” he said. The president recalled that in Kyrgyzstan the current year has been declared the Year of Protection of Mountain Ecosystems and Climate Resilience. “In order to further advance the sustainable mountain development agenda, Kyrgyzstan has put forward an initiative to declare 2023–2027 the “Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions” and we count on your support for this creative idea,” President Sadyr Zhaparov addressed the participants of the CICA Summit.