The European Union, showing interest in Central Asia due to its resource and transit potential, is increasingly turning to the environmental situation in the region. On the one hand, the EU implements projects based on the Central Asia Strategy — WECOOP project, the Working Group, SPECA. On the other hand, the projects of European countries at the bilateral level — for example, the German initiative «Green Central Asia». In the modern world, it is necessary to unite efforts for the sake of the future, discuss and propose solutions to climate change, water problems, and desertification, therefore the initiatives of the European Union, as an important and experienced actor in this field, were analyzed in this article.