# **TABLE OF CONTENTS**

|TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................................... 2|
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|LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES........................................................................................... 2|
|1.<br>INTRODUCTION ANDOUTLINE............................................................................................ 3|
|2.<br>TAJIKISTAN: RECENTCLIMATECHANGETRENDS............................................................. 5|
|Water Scarcity ......................................................................................................... 5|
|Natural Disasters and Impact on Infrastructure ...................................................... 5|
|Impact on Agriculture ............................................................................................. 6|
|Health Impacts ........................................................................................................ 6|
|3.<br>PUBLICPERCEPTIONS OFCLIMATECHANGE INTAJIKISTAN............................................. 8|
|Survey Module on Attitudes toward Climate Change ............................................ 8|
|Climate Change: Awareness of the Main Causes and Consequences .................... 8|
|Climate Change Impacts of Greatest Public Concern ........................................... 10|
|Public Perceptions of the Seriousness of the Climate Change Problem ............... 12|
|Climate-related Hazards during the Past 10 Years ............................................... 14|
|Priorities for Additional Spending for Climate-Change Adaptation .................... 15|
|4.<br>ADAPTATIONPRIORITIES.................................................................................................. 17|
|5.<br>CONCLUDINGOBSERVATIONS.......................................................................................... 20|
|APPENDIX1: P-LITS 2 CLIMATECHANGEMODULE................................................................ 21|

# **LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES**

|Figure 1: Various Transmission Channels through which CC Impacts the Poor ........................................... 5|
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|Figure 2: An Index of Vulnerability to Climate Change across ECA Countries ............................................ 7<br>Figure 3: Awareness of the Different Consequences of Climate Change ....................................................... 9|
|Figure 4: Awareness of Climate Change Causes and Mitigation Measures ................................................. 10<br>Figure 5: Tajikistan: Potential climate change impacts of greatest concern (% respondents) ...................... 11|
|Figure 6: Tajikistan: Most Serious Problem Currently Facing the World .................................................... 12<br>Figure 7: Seriousness of climate change problem (1-10 point scale) ........................................................... 13|
|Figure 8: Respondents affected by climate-related hazards during past 10 years ........................................ 14<br>Figure 9: Priorities for Government Spending on Climate Change Adaptation ........................................... 16|
|Table 1: Distribution of the P-LITS 2 sample in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan ................................................. 8|
|Table 2: Respondent Opinions about Major Problems Currently Facing the World .................................... 12<br>Table 3: Ordered Probit Results ................................................................................................................... 13|