How is climate change affecting Uzbekistan? Is there cooperation between government agencies to combat it? What awaits Uzbekistan in the future? Adrian Neil, the head of the European Union’s Agriculture Support and Knowledge Facility (ASK) program in Uzbekistan, answered these and other questions to the correspondent of the Ekolog.uz website.
A meeting was held between Aziz Abdukhakimov, Adviser to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Environmental Issues and Chairman of the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change, and Kanokpan Lao-Araya, Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Uzbekistan. The parties discussed prospects for cooperation on
As heatwaves battered countries across the world this summer, the urgency to act on climate change is clearer than ever before. The reduction of CO2 emissions forms the core of necessary action but the mitigation of methane emissions is an important parallel endeavor. Methane is a much stronger greenhouse gas
As part of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Regional Dialogue with countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Akyl Toktobaev, Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision, met with GCF Regional Director Thomas Eriksson. The parties discussed expanding Kyrgyzstan’s access to climate finance and developing a national portfolio of
Today, environmental security and sustainable development are becoming increasingly important worldwide. As part of its efforts to achieve the National Sustainable Development Goals through 2030, Uzbekistan is consistently implementing measures to protect the environment, use natural resources efficiently, and promote the development of a green economy. Important reforms are being
Credit: Wellcome The following is a transcript of remarks delivered by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at an event organized by Wellcome, on the first day of the official Pre-COP ministerial meeting, on Monday 5 October 2026 in Fiji. Bula vinaka. Thank you to Wellcome, and to the
Dushanbe, 2 October 2026. The Tajikistan Country Office of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), together with the Tajikistan Climate Network of Civil Society Organizations (TajCN), organized the “Climate Dialogues” roundtable. Held at the Hyatt Regency Dushanbe, the event provided an opportunity to exchange experiences and strengthen civil
The new “Electricity Now” initiative — dubbed “Electrification-35” — is shaping up to be one of the central themes at the upcoming 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya. Climate expert Alexey Kokorin, of the Nature and People Foundation and CAN EECCA’s representative to the CAN Policy Coordination Group,
Tech titans need to help solve climate challenges, start showing why AI benefits outweigh skyrocketing costs. Credit: ITA The following is a transcript of a speech delivered by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at the Build Clean Now Industry Acceleration Summit on Monday 21 September 2026 in New York
An interagency training session focused on modern technologies for climate change adaptation and environmental protection was held at the Archabil Hotel. The event took place within the framework of a joint project involving the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Green
