Interlinkages between Security and Climate Change Explored by OSCE Academy Alumni

Jul 5, 2024 | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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Alumni of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek discussed the principles of a well-governed security sector with a specific focus on climate change as a risk-multiplier for instability in Central Asia at the Summer School on Human Security and Climate Change held from 1 to 5 July in Chunkurchak, Ala-Archa and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.   

Twenty participants from Afghanistan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan learned about practical tools related to Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) and how these can be applied in the Central Asian context. Sessions touched upon the holistic nature of SSG/R and addressed human security aspects specifically regarding climate and the environment, including in high mountain areas, which were identified as priority climate security hotspots in a report conducted by the OSCE and Berlin-based thinktank adelphi.

Mir Ahmad Daimirian, an alumnu