ABOUT THE FORUM
"Central Asia facing global climate challenges - consolidation for common prosperity"
The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution “Central Asia Facing Environmental Challenges: Fostering Regional Solidarity for Sustainable Development and Prosperity,” initiated by Uzbekistan.
The text specifically mentions a number of initiatives of the President of Uzbekistan, including the Green Agenda of Central Asia and its role in promoting sustainable development in the region. In the resolution, member states welcome Uzbekistan's initiative to hold the International Climate Forum in Samarkand.
Following the event, it is planned to present the final document of the Samarkand Climate Forum – the Regional Concept of “Green” Development, which will lay the foundation for the formation of a unified regional vision of the Central Asian countries in the field of climate change. It will outline the approaches of leading international organizations to solving the environmental problems of the region.
Day 1:
Opening ceremony
Shavkat Mirziyoyev
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Sadyr Japarov
President of the Kyrgyz Republic
Emomali Rahmon
President of the Republic of Tajikistan
Serdar Berdimuhamedov
President of Turkmenistan
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission
Antonio Costa
President of the European Council
Anaclaudia Rossbach
UN Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director
UN Habitat
Tatyana Molchan
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the UNECE
Ibrahim Thiaw
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the UNCCD
Odile Renaud-Basso
President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE
CLIMATE CHANGE IN FOCUS: SHAPING THE FUTURE THROUGH COLLECTIVE ACTION
Format: A panel discussion in which the moderator asks questions to the participants
Sabina Mahl
UN Resident Coordinator in the Republic of Uzbekistan
Session moderator
Saida Mirziyoyeva Assistant to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Session participants
Amy Frankel
Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
Mukhtar Babaev
Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Climate Issues, President of COP29
Musadiq Masud Malik
Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination
Ivana Zivkovic
Director of the Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Megumi Seki
Executive Secretary of the UNEP Ozone Secretariat
Francesco La Camera
General manager
International Agency for
Renewable Energy
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Sang-hyup Kim
Director General, GGGI
Day 2:
Forum agenda
PLENARY SESSION I:
THE GREEN ECONOMY AS A PATH TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
CENTRAL ASIA FACING THE CHALLENGES OF A TRIPLE PLANETARY CRISIS
PLENARY SESSION II:
CLEAN ENERGY: A FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT
PLENARY SESSION III:
PLENARY SESSION IV:
INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE IN CENTRAL ASIA
YOUTH: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WITH OPTIMISM
PLENARY SESSION V:
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND CLIMATE CHALLENGES:
INTEGRATED PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
PLENARY SESSION VI:
SESSION: I
THE GREEN ECONOMY AS A PATH TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Format: A panel discussion in which the moderator asks questions to the participants
Tatyana Proskuryakova
Regional Director for Central Moderator: Asia, World Bank
Session moderator
Ilkhom Norkulov
First Deputy
Minister of Economy and Finance
Republic of Uzbekistan
Session participants
Sang-hyup Kim
Director General, GGGI
Anaclaudia Rossbach
UN Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director
UN Habitat
Ciyong Zou
Deputy to the Director General and Managing Director of the Directorate for Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Industrial Development
Bakyt Sydykov
Minister of Economy
Kyrgyz Republic
Hussein Ozhan
Managing Director, Central Asia and Mongolia, EBRD
CENTRAL ASIA FACING THE CHALLENGES OF A TRIPLE PLANETARY CRISIS
SESSION: II
Format: A panel discussion in which the moderator asks questions to the participants
Viorel Gutu
Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Session moderator
Aziz Abdukhakimov
Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Session participants
Erlan Nyssanbayev
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Charygeldi Babaniyazov
Minister of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan
Bakhodur Sheralizoda
Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
Meder Mashiev
Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision
Kyrgyz Republic
Saldan Odontuyaa
Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Mongolia
CLEAN ENERGY: A FOUNDATION OF SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT
SESSION: III
Format: A panel discussion in which the moderator asks questions to the participants
John Zaidi
Country Director ACWA Power
Session moderator
Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov
Minister of Energy
Republic of Uzbekistan
Session participants
Almasadam Satkaliev
Minister of Energy
Republic of Kazakhstan
Taalaibek Ibraev
Minister of Energy
Kyrgyz Republic
Daler Juma
Minister of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan
Annageldi Saparov
Minister of Energy
Turkmenistan
Suhail Al Mazrui
Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of the UAE
Mohammad A. Abunayian Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of ACWA Power
Francesco La Camera
Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency
INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE IN CENTRAL ASIA
SESSION: IV
Format: A panel discussion in which the moderator asks questions to the participants
Barbara Janusz-Pawletta
Lawyer
Session moderator
Shavkat Khamraev
Minister of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Session participants
Nurzhan Nurzhigitov
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Bakyt Torobaev
Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic
Kakha Imnadze
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Asia, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Conflict Prevention in Central Asia
Viorel Gutu
Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Dr. Yong-Duk Cho
General Director of K-water, Secretary General of the Asian Water Council
Jamshed Shoimzoda
First Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan
Durdy Gendzhiev
State Committee for Water Management of Turkmenistan
Rakesh Kumar Gupta Secretary General, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
Toivo Klaar
Ambassador of the European Council to Uzbekistan
YOUTH: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WITH OPTIMISM
SESSION: V
Format: A panel discussion in which the moderator asks questions to the participants
Dilnozaxon Kattaxonova
Deputy Director of the Agency for Youth Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Session moderator
Shakhnoza Rakhmanova
Eco-activist and negotiator
Regina Maria Castiglio
Head of UNICEF Representative Office in Uzbekistan
Aziz Abdukhakimov
Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Session participants
Madina Abdikarimova,
eco-activist, senior student of the Nazarbayev Intellectual School.
Oksana Omarkulova,
young advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Erlan Nysanbaev
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Meder Mashiev
Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision
Kyrgyz Republic
Charygeldi Babaniyazov
Minister of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan
Bakhodur Sheralizoda
Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
Mukhtar Babaev
Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Climate Issues, President of COP29
Murat Kurum
Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change.
Behruz Yusupov
YOUNGO Member, Co-Head of Delegate Relations COY19
Saparguly Makhtumov
UN Young SDG Ambassador
Ayan Jafarli,
Youth Climate Ambassador
Shakhzoda Mirakova
Activist, member
Youth SoundingBoard EU
Gergely Berenyi,
climate activist and student at the University of Vienna
Doga Ceyhan,
Climate Ambassador of Adana University of Science and Technology Alparslan Türkes
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND CLIMATE CHALLENGES: INTEGRATED PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
SESSION: VI
Format: A panel discussion in which the moderator asks questions to the participants
Session moderator
Norio Saito
Senior Director, Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Asian Development Bank
Session participants
Pierre Roberto Remitti
Co-Managing Director of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy
Davronjon Adilov
Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Fazliddin Umarov
Khokim of Samarkand
Jamshid Urunov
Deputy Commissioner, Business Ombudsman of Uzbekistan
Oleksandr Antonenko
Regional Lead for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy
Chang Sung Park
Director General of the Water and Land Research Group at KEI.
Vijay Jagannathan
Secretary General of CityNet, Senior Fellow at the Ross Center for Sustainable Cities at the World Resources Institute (WRI)
Mohamed Nada
Senior Urban Development Specialist, World Bank
Shavkat Umurzakov
Khokim of Tashkent city
Sebastian Penzini
Regional Deputy Chief of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Resilience
SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE: GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND LOCAL STRATEGIES
SESSION: VII
Format: A panel discussion in which the moderator asks questions to the participants
Dr. Hamid Puran
Certified Ecologist, specialist in environmental technologies, sustainable development and climate change, consultant to the Green University
Session moderator
Chung Rae Kwon
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Session participants
Yo Whan Son
Korea University, Department of Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering
Shakhlo Turdikulova
Vice President of the Academy of Sciences
Jasur Salikhov
Rector, Central Asian Green University
Dr. Michael Brody
American University in Tashkent
Zaini Saqavi
Climate Change Institute, National University of Malaysia
Zhang Yanming
Director, Xinjiang University
Media
Dear colleagues!
Information on the registration procedure for media representatives at the Samarkand International Climate Forum will be updated soon.
Representatives of the media who are not accredited in Uzbekistan must be accredited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The accreditation procedure for representatives of foreign states in Uzbekistan is available at:
https://mfa.uz/en/pages/accreditation
Organizing Committee of the Samarkand International Climate Forum.
Plan your visit
All delegates and participants must ensure that their passports are valid for at least six months and, in any event, longer than the period of stay, and obtain a valid visa before entering the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Participants are invited to familiarize themselves with visa requirements on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: https://mfa.uz/en/pages/visa-republic-uzb .
Participants are strongly advised to comply with entry visa requirements. Those who require a visa to enter the Republic of Uzbekistan are requested to contact the nearest diplomatic mission of the Republic of Uzbekistan in their country of residence. In countries where there is no diplomatic mission of Uzbekistan, a visa can be obtained upon arrival, provided that a valid passport and a recent photograph are uploaded during the registration process. More detailed information on visa requirements can be found on the Forum website.
Pasports and visa requirements
Travelers to the Republic of Uzbekistan are prohibited from bringing in prohibited items such as drugs, firearms, or ammunition. There is no limit on the amount of foreign currency, but cash amounts over 100 million soums (approximately $8,000) must be declared using Form T-6.We recommend that Forum participants review the full list of permitted and prohibited items on the following website: https://www.uzairways.com/en/information-about-products-import-which-restricted-or-bannedfollowing-countries.To book a hotel, please use the following link: (in the "city" column, Samarkand is indicated, dates are April 3-4).
Customs and regulations
