The president Mirziyoyev signed a decree setting up a Climate Council, the Ministry of Justice said today.
The Council has been defined as the highest advisory body to the President on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
The main goals of the Council include monitoring performance by Uzbekistan of obligations under the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 2015 Paris Agreement, adopted to enhance the implementation of the Convention.
According to the decree, the National Center for Green Transformation and Adaptation to Climate Change has been renamed to the National Center for Climate Change (Climate Center).
In order to enhance the scientific and academic potential and develop fundamental research in the country, a Climate Research Forum (residence) (Climate Residence) will be set up at the Central Asian University for the Study of the Environment and Climate Change (Green University).
