联合国“中亚经济专门计划”于1998年启动，由联合国经济及社会理事会下属的欧洲经济委员会和亚太经济社会委员会两个地区委员会主持，联合国秘书处和联合国驻中亚的各个办事处等机构协助实施。主要成员国有：哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、塔吉克斯坦、土库曼斯坦与乌兹别克斯坦中亚五国，以及阿塞拜疆、阿富汗。本文首先介绍了SPECA的合作机制概况，包括组织机构、合作领域两个方面。其次介绍了SPECA内的环保合作概况，包括4个部分：环保重点合作领域、已签署的环保合作协议、正在执行的项目、国际合作。其中，环保重点领域包括：制度建设、水资源、气候变化、能源；而截止2015年初，已签署的合作协议主要有5个公约，正在执行的项目主要有10项；已建立的国际合作机制有两个。
The SPECA was launched by UN in 1998. It was chaired by the European Economic Commission and the Asia Pacific Economic and Social Commission under the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and was helped by United Nations Secretariat and the United Nations Office in Central Asia. Major member states are: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in the Central Asian countries, as well as Azerbaijan, Afghanistan. This article firstly introduces the general situation of the cooperation mechanism of SPECA, including the two aspects of organization structure and cooperation aspects; then introduces the overview of environmental cooperation in the SPECA, including four aspects: environmental protection cooperation agreement has been signed, the key areas of cooperation, the items being executed, the international cooperation. Among them, the key areas of environmental protection includes：system construction, water resource, climate change and energy. As of the beginning of 2015, there were 6 major cooperation agreements signed as conventions,10 items being executed and 2 international cooperation systems established.
