CIS Experts Discussed Climate Change Adaptation Issues

How the climate is changing and how the Commonwealth countries are adapting to it were discussed by experts at a seminar in the Tavricheskiy Palace.

The event was held within the framework of the meeting of the IPA CIS Expert Advisory Board on Ecology and Environmental Management. It was organized by the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Agrarian Policy, Natural Resources and Ecology.

Representatives of national parliaments, regional and local authorities, relevant ministries, CIS Executive Committee, as well as invited experts from the Commonwealth countries, international organizations, educational and research institutions took part in the seminar.

The seminar was conducted by Chair of the Expert Advisory Board, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Stepan Kalmykov.

Chair of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Agrarian Policy, Natural Resources and Ecology, Kazakh Senator Olga Bulavkina told about the effects of climate impact on the state of aquatic ecosystems in the CIS countries. The Senator proposed changes to the Model Environmental Code for Member Nations of the CIS.

Based on the results of the seminar, draft Recommendations were prepared, which will be sent to the parliaments of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations.