Building capacities and strengthening disaster preparedness in Central Asia

Climate change is causing more severe and frequent disasters, affecting the lives and livelihoods of people across the world. In Central Asia—specifically Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—storms and floods are being exacerbated by the effects of climate change and together with earthquakes and floods are among the region’s most severe natural hazards.

This note describes how the World Bank's Strengthening Financial Resilience and Accelerating Risk Reduction in Central Asia Program contributes to resilience building in Central Asia through quantifying disaster risks, exposure mapping, and establishing fundamental awareness and capacities around disaster risk management and finance.