By DUSHANBE. Nov 9 (Interfax) – Tajikistan intends to double its capacity to produce green energy from renewable sources, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said.
"Water resources and climate change are inextricably linked. We can see this clearly in Tajikistan, where more than 60% of Central Asia’s water resources are generated. Our glaciers are melting more and more quickly each year due to climate change. To date, a thousand of Tajikistan’s 13,000 glaciers have disappeared altogether," he said at the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
He said mudslides, floods, droughts and other water-related natural disasters were inflicting a lot of economic and social damage to the country each year and in most cases have caused deaths.
The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is an important aspect of decision-making for the adaptation to climate change, Rahmon said.
"Tajikistan currently produces 98% of its electricity at hydroelectric power plants, ranking it sixth in the world by this indicator. We intend to double our green energy production capacity from renewable sources in the future," he said.
