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Academic conference Navigating Change: Agricultural Sustainability and Rural Development in Central Asia, 14–15 October 2025, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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March 19, 2025

From June 1, 2025, new buildings and reconstructed buildings in Uzbekistan will be required to install solar panels and water heaters

Photo: Shukhrat Latipov / Gazeta.uz New buildings and buildings undergoing reconstruction will be required to install solar panels and water heaters New requirements for heat supply will be introduced in Uzbekistan from June 1. Solar panels, water heaters and heat pumps will become mandatory in all new and reconstructed buildings.

March 17, 2025

Cooperation with the World Bank in the field of ecology and sustainable development is strengthening

Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change Aziz Abduhakimov held a meeting with the World Bank’s Global Director of Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice, Sameh Wahba. The discussion focused on enhancing bilateral cooperation in investments related to irrigation, landscape restoration, and air pollution control. Special

March 10, 2025

CAREC conducted two national training sessions in Tashkent for specialists in Uzbekistan’s water management sector

CAREC conducted two national training sessions in Tashkent for specialists in Uzbekistan’s water management sector Tashkent, Uzbekistan – On February 26-27, CAREC conducted two national training sessions on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) for Uzbekistan’s water management organizations in Tashkent. The training was held as part of the project “Climate-responsive and

March 7, 2025

ADB allocates US$125 million to Uzbekistan for water sector reform

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$125 million loan to Uzbekistan to support reforms in water resource management. The funds will be directed towards enhancing water security, modernizing water supply systems, and improving sector resilience in response to climate change. The project focuses on implementing

March 4, 2025

Multi-level training of qualified personnel in the field of ecology in Uzbekistan

February 26, a briefing was held at the Agency of Information and Mass Communications (AIMC) with the participation of Lola Rakhmanbaeva, Head of the Information Service of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change. The briefing focused on the work carried out by the Ministry in the field

February 28, 2025

Uzbekistan: Environmental Aspects Must Be Considered in Mini-Hydropower Plant Construction

The construction of mini-hydropower plants is presented as a way to obtain “clean” energy from renewable sources, which contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and mitigates climate change. However, it is also associated with serious environmental and social risks that could exacerbate climate change-related problems, according to environmentalists

February 28, 2025

Senate approves law on Uzbekistan’s accession to the Aarhus convention

At a regular plenary session, the Senate considered the Law “On the Accession of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus, June 25, 1998).” For reference: The Aarhus Convention is a key international document

February 26, 2025

Uzbekistan implements a FAO project on sustainable forest and rangelands management

A workshop on the implementation of a joint project by the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) – “Sustainable Forest and Rangelands in the Dryland ecosystems of Uzbekistan” – was held in Tashkent.

February 25, 2025

Registration for training courses under the “Tree Registry” project is open in Tashkent

To conduct an inventory of trees in Tashkent and create an electronic database, the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change is organizing training courses as part of the “Tree Registry” project. Candidates aged 20 to 30 with basic ecological knowledge and skills in forestry (dendrology) are invited to

February 14, 2025