This was stated by Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at the launch of the agency’s annual report on February 18. The head of UNEP called for urgent action to combat the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, warning that progress on all fronts remains slow and uneven

The first meeting of the Working Group on the Study and Creation of a UNESCO Geopark was held at the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan under the chairmanship of the Minister

On February 7, 2025, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan issued a decree "On the State Program for the Implementation of the “Uzbekistan – 2030” Strategy in the Year of Environmental Protection and Green Economy"

Students and staff of higher education institutions in Central Asian countries (CA), including Turkmenistan, have completed an online course on "Introduction to Sustainable Energy: Theory and Practice".

The UNDP/Green Climate Fund (GCF) project "Developing a National Adaptation Planning Process in Turkmenistan" (NAP), in partnership with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan, hosted a roundtable to present and discuss draft bylaws for implementing the Law of Turkmenistan “On Hydrometeorological Activities.”

Mergen Kepbanova, Director of the Project Office of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (RECCA) in Turkmenistan, along with a team of experts and a representative from the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan, conducted a five-day working trip to Lebap to carry out reforestation activities at a pilot site of the forestry sector in the Charjev district

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently confirmed that 2024 has become the warmest year on record, and it has repeatedly expressed concerns about the state of our climate, which is significantly affected by glacier melt. According to projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), glaciers will continue to shrink throughout the 21st century in nearly all regions of the world.

On January 27th, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, reviewed the draft of the state program for the Year of Environmental Protection and the "Green Economy" at a meeting. Within the framework of the new program, it is planned to increase the share of "green" energy to 26% by the end of the year. This was reported by the press service of the President of Uzbekistan.

On January 26th, the UN-designated International Day of Clean Energy, the global community celebrated advancements in the transition to clean energy for the benefit of people and the planet. Forecasts indicate that renewable energy sources will surpass fossil fuels as the world's largest source of electricity generation this year, with prices continuing to decline

A round table was organized within the framework of the project "Advancing a National Adaptation Planning Process in Turkmenistan", implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in partnership with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan. The purpose of the round table was to present conceptual notes on climate change-related topics.