Uzbekistan establishes Climate Council to address climate change adaptation and mitigation

A presidential decree titled "On the Establishment of the Climate Council under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan" has been adopted.

According to the document, a Climate Council will be established under the president.

The Climate Council will be the highest advisory body under the president on issues of mitigating and adapting to the consequences of climate change.

One of the main tasks of the Climate Council will be to monitor Uzbekistan's fulfillment of its obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement.

The National Center for Green Transformation and Climate Adaptation has been renamed the National Climate Change Center (Climate Center).

To enhance scientific and academic potential and to develop fundamental research, a Climate Scientific Forum (residence) will be established at the Central Asian University for Environmental and Climate Change Studies (Green University).