Round-table on Climate Change.
On January 25, 2024, a round-table entitled “Youth for Action on Climate Change: Roadmap of Youth Initiatives to Contribute to Action on Climate Change in Turkmenistan” was held at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Also, the round-table aims to increase the awareness, information and empowerment of young people for a greener future. Representatives of the Office of the Permanent Coordinator of the United Nations in Turkmenistan and the United Nations Development Program, representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Education and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan, junior teachers and students of various higher educational institutions of the country, as well as young ambassadors of the Sustainable Development Goals took part in that round-table.
During the round-table meeting J. Durdykova- the representative of the Office of the Permanent Coordinator of the United Nations in Turkmenistan M. Keshiyev, the expert of the project "Sustainable development of cities in Turkmenistan: integrated development of green cities in Ashgabat and Avaza" of the United Nations Development Program, G. Seyilbaeva- senior instructor of Department of Management of the International Humanities and Development University, M. Ahmedova – junior instructor of the Department of Horticulture and Vegetable Farming of the Turkmen Agricultural Institute, E. Meredov - instructor of the Biology and Teaching Methodology Department of the Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute named after Seyitnazar Seydi, M. Nursakhedov – an instructor of the Department of Energy Saving Technologies of the State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan, T. Bayramgeldiyev- a specialist in the Science Department of the International Oil and Gas University named after Yagshegeldi Kakayev, and B. Velkhanov- an instructor of the Department of Industrial Ecology and M. Allaberdieva - young ambassador of the Sustainable Development Goals made speeches.
During the speeches, it was highlighted that the youth of Turkmenistan are actively participating in actions to reduce the level of climate change and to fight against the climate change.
In September 2016, our country signed the Paris Agreement, an international agreement aimed at preventing global climate change. Taking into account the commitments arising from the Paris Agreement, a draft of a new planned version of Turkmenistan's climate strategy was prepared and adopted in 2019. The National Strategy of Turkmenistan on climate change is the main tool for expressing Turkmenistan's views in international negotiations and the main document for reports on the fulfillment of obligations under global climate change agreements.
Tofe HOSHANOVA,
junior instructor of department of
International Law and Comparative Studies
of
Institute of International Relations
of
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan