This is provided for by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated November 19, 2020 "On additional measures to support a healthy lifestyle and increase physical activity of the population".
The main purpose of this event is to reduce air pollution by various toxic gases emitted by cars, as well as wide promotion of hiking and cycling, which, in turn, serves to popularize a healthy lifestyle among the population.
The Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change urges everyone not to remain indifferent to the World Day without a Car and to use less harmful vehicles for the atmosphere, such as public transport, metro, bicycle instead of personal cars.
Information on 5 sites of the national natural heritage of Uzbekistan (Zaamin, Hissar, Shakhimardan Mountains, Sarmishsai petroglyphs, Baysun area) has been updated in the list of UNESCO preliminary nominations, as well as two new sites (Kugitang Mountains and Nuratinsky mountain range) have been added.
Bukhara deer and a reed cat (house) were caught in the frame of a camera trap installed on the territory of the Nijne-Amudarya State Biosphere Reserve under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change.
The Central Asian University of Environment and Climate Change (Green University) hosted a panel discussion on Climate and Energy and the opening ceremony of the Infinite Universe exhibition within the framework of the Green Dialogue 2025.
On December 10-11, an event dedicated to the Model UN project entitled "New Steps in the New Uzbekistan" is being held at the International Hotel Tashkent in the framework of the student tourism forum.
On the sidelines of the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the delegation of Uzbekistan met with representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
An agreement was signed on the implementation of the project of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the United Nations Development Program "GEF-8 Program in Uzbekistan to support the updating of National Strategies and Action Plans for the Conservation of Biodiversity (NBSAP) and the 7th National Report".
A delegation of Uzbekistan headed by Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change Aziz Abdukhakimov and Minister of Water Resources Shavkat Khamrayev is taking part in the opening ceremony of the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
An operational group consisting of employees of the State Environmental Supervision Inspectorate and territorial divisions of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change regularly conducts raid events.
On November 14, a meeting of ministers responsible for the environment, ecology and natural resources of Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took place within the framework of COP 29. A Declaration on Cooperation between Central and West Asia in the field of climate change, glaciers and cross-border cooperation was signed at the conference.
