Bishkek, June 22, 2022. /Kabar/. “Glaciers melting and natural water reserves decreasing can lead to imminent disaster,” President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov said in an exclusive interview with The Independent.
In his interview, the Kyrgyz leader said that the devastating impact of climate change on nations in mountainous countries is too often overlocked.
“The world is facing global climate change, which is fraught with dangerous consequences,” he said.
“This is especially true for us mountain countries because these problems are more dynamic and specific: glaciers melting and natural water reserves decreasing, which can lead to imminent disaster. That is why the international community should pay special attention to the needs of the developing mountainous countries that have been badly hit by climate change and note the importance of the “climate justice” concept while taking actions in order to address climate change.
Kyrgyzstan is home for almost ten thousand glaciers. Over the last twenty years, we are witnessing an irreversible melting of those century old glaciers that is leading to gradual shrinking of water resources,” Zhaparov noted.
He also explained that his determination to raise awareness about the issue is particularly acute as he had grown up in a mountainous region of the country and has witnessed for himself how the environment there is changing.
“I am a frequent visitor to the village where I was born,” he said, “and I can see that the glaciers are disappearing in the blink of an eye. The reason I raised this issues at Glasgow and since is that I am a witness to the effects of climate change in our own mountains.
People do not talk about it as they do the impact of climate change on other states as they are not aware of a country like Kyrgyzstan and the problems here. If it was a big country like the UK or USA and they had these problems then it would be different. The international community does not notice us and they should,” the Kyrgyz leader stressed.
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