Ysmail Dairov

Director of the Regional Mountain Centre of Central Asia

(RMCCA)

Mr. Dairov Ysmail Aidargazievich, Director of the Regional Mountain Centre of Central Asia (RMCCA).

Ysmail Dairov has been appointed as a Director of the RMCCA in 2008. RMCCA has been created by the Interstate Commission on Sustainable Development of Central Asia to ensure environmental protection and sustainable development of the mountain ecosystems. He is responsible for the coordination and cooperation between Central Asian countries and donor community/international organizations  on mountain environmental issues, including climate change. Under his guidance RMCCA in 2017 was produced regional Outlook on Adaptation of Mountain Areas of Central Asia to Climate Change which was elaborated in cooperation with experts of Central Asian countries and UNEP. Since December 2019 he is an Adviser to the Minister of Economy of the Kyrgyz Republic.

He has more than 30 years of experience in environmental and climate change sphere at the national and Central Asian regional level and has more than 100 articles on these topics.

Currently works as a consultant for the CAMP4ASB project “Promoting political dialogue and capacity building for Central Asian countries for the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP-26)”