Tajikistan prepares a unified Environmental Code covering glaciers, climate change and waste management
The draft code aims to consolidate hundreds of environmental regulations into a single legal framework and address new challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and glacier protection.
Tajikistan is preparing a new Environmental Code designed to bring existing environmental legislation into a unified system. The draft document includes 40 chapters and 570 articles covering environmental protection, natural resource management, climate change, glacier preservation, waste management, and environmental monitoring.
The draft was developed by the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan.
Why existing environmental legislation needs reform
During a parliamentary roundtable in June 2026, Constitutional Court Judge Muhammadjon Mahmadali said that around one-third of Tajikistan’s legislation is related to environmental protection, ecology, and climate change.
According to him, the country currently has more than 400 regulatory acts in this area, including 17 laws directly related to environmental legislation. These laws are expected to be consolidated within the new Environmental Code.
An analysis of existing legislation identified overlapping provisions and inconsistencies that require alignment with modern environmental standards. The review covered laws related to waste management, radioactive waste, hydrometeorology, and environmental impact assessments.
The analysis also found that the implementation of 16 specialized environmental laws requires around 140 additional subordinate regulatory acts. Among the challenges identified were duplication of legal norms and contradictions between different documents.
What changes does the new code propose?
First Deputy Chair of the Committee for Environmental Protection Isfandiyor Shukurzoda described the development of the code as a new stage in the systematization of environmental legislation.
The draft code aims to consolidate hundreds of environmental regulations into a single legal framework and address new challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and glacier protection.
Tajikistan is preparing a new Environmental Code designed to bring existing environmental legislation into a unified system. The draft document includes 40 chapters and 570 articles covering environmental protection, natural resource management, climate change, glacier preservation, waste management, and environmental monitoring.
The draft was developed by the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan.
Why existing environmental legislation needs reform
During a parliamentary roundtable in June 2026, Constitutional Court Judge Muhammadjon Mahmadali said that around one-third of Tajikistan’s legislation is related to environmental protection, ecology, and climate change.
According to him, the country currently has more than 400 regulatory acts in this area, including 17 laws directly related to environmental legislation. These laws are expected to be consolidated within the new Environmental Code.
An analysis of existing legislation identified overlapping provisions and inconsistencies that require alignment with modern environmental standards. The review covered laws related to waste management, radioactive waste, hydrometeorology, and environmental impact assessments.
The analysis also found that the implementation of 16 specialized environmental laws requires around 140 additional subordinate regulatory acts. Among the challenges identified were duplication of legal norms and contradictions between different documents.
What changes does the new code propose?
First Deputy Chair of the Committee for Environmental Protection Isfandiyor Shukurzoda described the development of the code as a new stage in the systematization of environmental legislation.
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