A new Oxfam report entitled Reaching Tipping Point? Climate Change and Poverty in Tajikistan states that unless immediate action is taken to mitigate the effects of climate change, the food security and livelihoods of the people of Tajikistan could be seriously eroded by 2050.

The report outlines how over the past 60 years, there has been a temperature rise of 1.0-1.2 degrees in parts of the country and the number of days per year that the temperature has reached 40 degrees has increased.  Also, the country’s glaciers are retreating and this could lead to greater water shortages and disputes in the wider region.

Oxfam is calling for action at the community, national, regional and international level.  There is a need for climate change responses to be integrated across government departments and disaster risk reduction programmes must be strengthened.

Tajikistan like many other countries will need support from rich nations to achieve such goals.  Negotiations must get back on track to achieve a fair, ambitious and legally binding climate change deal.

Read the report and find out more.