LocationsAcross Tajikistan, climate change is reshaping lives and livelihoods—and the country is taking steps to turn adaptation priorities into coordinated action, sustainable financing and greater resilience for communities.
Turning Climate Priorities into Action: Building Resilience for Women and Men in Tajikistan
August 13, 2026
A family from a village in Kulob, where climate resilience begins with protecting livelihoods, resources and opportunities for future generations.
Nigora Alimadzoda/ UNDP Tajikistan
For communities across Tajikistan, climate change is a daily reality. Accelerating glacier melt, water stress, extreme weather events and ecosystem degradation are affecting agricultural production, household incomes and access to essential resources. In rural areas, where around 70 per cent of Tajikistan’s population lives, climate change affects everyday life and livelihoods. Women and men experience these impacts differently depending on their responsibilities, economic opportunities, access to resources and influence over household and community decisions.
With support from UNDP and the Green Climate Fund, Tajikistan developed its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) to support the implementation of the National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change up to 2030. Covering six key sectors, the NAP has become an important framework for integrating adaptation priorities into national development programmes and advancing coordinated action to strengthen the resilience of women, men and communities across Tajikistan.
Recognising that planning must be linked to financing, the initiative has already developed:
- a climate finance framework;
- a financing strategy and roadmap; and
- a private-sector baseline assessment and engagement plan.
These tools helped national partners integrate climate adaptation into Tajikistan’s Medium-Term Development Programme for 2026–2030, strengthening the connection between climate priorities, national development planning and public investment.
The process is also helping Tajikistan move from fragmented adaptation efforts towards a more coordinated and evidence-based system. The country now has clearer priorities informed by vulnerability assessments, practical tools for mobilising finance, and stronger cooperation among institutions, development partners and the private sector.
Most importantly, the NAP provides a foundation for adaptation measures that respond to the different needs and capacities of women, men and vulnerable communities.
For enquiries: Nigora Alimadzoda, Communications Analyst, nigora.alimadzoda@undp.org
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