The International Organization for Migration held a number of events in Turkmenistan within the framework of the project “Taking into account the relationship between migration, environment and climate change in national climate-related planning processes”.

The activities brought together senior and mid-level government officials from relevant national institutions at the regional and national level, who increased their capacity and understanding of human mobility management in the context of climate change adaptation. Newscentralasia.net reports this.

Thus, IOM experts, together with specialists from the University of Vienna, held meetings with the leadership of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Committee on Statistics, the State Migration Service, the State Committee on Water Resources, State Livestock and Poultry Association to learn more about the recently developed Human Mobility Addendum to the UNFCCC Technical Guidance on the National Adaptation Planning Process, which is intended to support Turkmenistan in integrating population mobility issues into national climate change adaptation planning and reporting processes.

IOM experts also provided advice and support to relevant government stakeholders in preparation for the upcoming 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), highlighting the achievements and challenges faced by Turkmenistan in addressing issues related to migration factors caused by climate change.

In addition, IOM experts conducted a workshop in Dashoguz on household survey methodology developed by IOM jointly with experts from the University of Vienna in anticipation of a gender-sensitive case study on the relationship between climate change and population mobility in Dashoguz velayat. This case study aims to explore the relationship between people's decisions to move or stay put in the context of climate change impacts in different settings. At the seminar, detailed information was provided on various aspects of the upcoming case study, research objectives, methodology, and tools for data collection and analysis were discussed, the source notes.