Adaptation in Action. Institute shifts course for Kazakhstani officials online using Zoom, helping the country craft its Environmental Code

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REPORTELI

Making Law Work for People, Places, and the Planet

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amending the national Environ

mental Code to incorporate

climate change adaptation.

The project falls under the

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



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of Central Asian countries to

engage in planning under the

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on Climate Change.

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a number of related environ

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

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to climate change in its legal

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

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a draft chapter for its code,

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mate Change.

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forth climate change adapta

tion norms and processes, as



governmental bodies, are cur

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

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in developing draft rules for

implementing the proposed



methodological guidance on

implementing the adaptation

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Once the proposed climate

change adaptation provisions



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

ing a need to build familiar

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

of government staff. Held over



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

The objective of the course

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

of the code. The training also

explained related rules and

methodological guidance. At

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of climate change impacts in

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international obligations under



climate adaptation.



ences in climate adaptation

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



various stages of the adapta

tion process.

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adaptation, such as agriculture,

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participants represented

NGOs, science institutes, and

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166 participants attended the

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tion.





the program transitioned to

an online format over Zoom

due to the pandemic. All the



Adaptation in Action 



Although the program, spanning more than three years, began with in-person training events con-

vened in Kazakhstan, as shown here, ELI staff later successfully changed to an online format.



corded in English and dubbed



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training participants, provid









the lecturers to provide train





course materials.

The training session re



both for its structure and con

tent, and represented one of



approaches to online events





is a continuation of over a





including projects on adapta

tion in coastal areas and man



climate.