COP26 Regional Ambassador David Moran visits Uzbekistan
David Moran, COP26 Regional Ambassador for Europe, Central Asia, Turkey and Iran visited Uzbekistan on 7 to 8 October 2021 for pre-COP26 discussions.
David Moran (COP26 Regional Ambassador for Europe, Central Asia, Turkey and Iran) met a range of key stakeholders on climate change during his first official visit in Tashkent, 15 years after he was the UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan.
The discussions focused on:
- Uzbekistan’s participation in the upcoming 26th United Nations Climate Change conference in Glasgow (COP26)
- Uzbekistan’s Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement
- civil society’s role in the climate agenda
- cooperation on strengthening efforts on tackling climate change in the region
David met the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Farhod Arziyev, First Deputy Minister for Investments and Foreign Trade Laziz Kudratov, Minister of Energy Alisher Sultanov. He also had discussions with the Chair of ‘Yuksalish’ Nationwide Movement Bobur Bekmurodov, Deputy General Director of the Center of Hydrometeorological Services under the Ministry of Emergency Situations (Uzhydromet) Firuz Safarov, and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The UNDP implements the UK government’s Policy Advocacy for Climate Change in Central Asia project.
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