Climate Risk Country Profile : Kazakhstan
The Republic of Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, the country shares borders with the Russian Federation to the north, China to the east, and Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic to the south. The Caspian Sea forms a natural bound...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC and Asian Development Bank, Manila
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/519031632461532482/Kazakhstan-Climate-Risk-Country-Profile http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36378 |
| Summary: | The Republic of Kazakhstan is located in
Central Asia, the country shares borders with the Russian
Federation to the north, China to the east, and
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic to the
south. The Caspian Sea forms a natural boundary to the west.
Kazakhstan contains forest-steppe, steppe, semi-arid, and
desert climate zones and precipitation is low throughout.
This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks
faced by Kazakhstan. This includes rapid onset and long-
term changes in key climate parameters, as well as impacts
of these changes on communities, livelihoods, and economies,
many of which are already underway. This is a high-level
synthesis of existing research and analyses, focusing on the
geographic domain of Kazakhstan, therefore potentially
excluding some international influences and localized
impacts. The core data presented is sourced from the
database sitting behind the World Bank Group’s (WBG) climate
change knowledge portal (CCKP), incorporating climate
projections from the Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project
Phase 5 (CMIP5). This document is primarily meant for WBG
and Asian Development Bank (ADB) staff to inform their
climate actions. The document also aims and to direct the
reader to many useful sources of secondary data and research. |
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