Economics of Climate Change in Central and West Asia

The technical assistance (TA) seeks to address the lack of robust evidence on the options and costs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation) and reduce the negative effects of climate change (adaptation) in Central and West Asia.

The specialist will be responsible for the development of high-resolution climate scenarios. The specialist will:

(i) define a methodology for the development of climate scenarios, including assumptions under different scenarios and treatment of uncertainties;

(ii) develop national climate change scenarios for Afghanistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan, detailing changes in temperature, precipitation, extreme events, and other climatic factors by 2030, 2050, 2080, and 2100;

(iii) identify required data to formulate climate change adaptation scenarios;

(iv) provide guidance to national consultants on gathering relevant data for the identification and analysis of appropriate climate change scenarios;

(v) prepare reports and knowledge products, and present results at the regional and national consultation workshops; and

(vi) assess technical gaps in the target countries’ hydrometeorological services, and undertake a program of training and capacity building on climate modeling and scenario development.