From August 10 to September 10, 2024, the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, together with the Union of Artists of Uzbekistan, will organize the III International Sculpture Symposium "Tashkent - 2024".
On June 4, Tashkent hosted the ESG forum "From price to value. Transformation of the economy for sustainable development", organized by the international business publication "Kursiv".
Timurlan Aitmuratov, Deputy Director General of the Center for State Environmental Expertise under the Ministry of Ecology, took part in the 14th meeting of the open-ended working group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, held in Geneva, Switzerland.
A message about the launch of five thousand balloons in the Navruz Park of the Jizzakh region spread on social networks. A working group consisting of employees of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, together with the National Guard, arrived at the site. During the investigation of the situation by the working group, the planned launch of balloons was suspended.
A modern garbage collection station has been established in the city of Angren, Tashkent region, serving residents of the territory belonging to the sanitary cleaning enterprise on the basis of a public-private partnership agreement "Zero Waste".
In Karakalpakstan, on the drained bottom of the Aral Sea, at the initiative of Minister of Ecology Aziz Abdukhakimov, the Aral Sea Eco Marathon was held, timed to coincide with the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.
The International Youth Environmental Camp continues its work in Samarkand.
Deputy Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change Iskander Kutbiddinov met with Sanjay Srivastava, Manager of Global Environmental Practice in the Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank.
Today, on June 5, one of the most significant environmental dates is celebrated - World Environment Day. This year's holiday is dedicated to the restoration of lands, ending the process of desertification and increasing drought resistance under the slogan "Our land. Our future. We are the #Generation of Restoration."
As part of the Women in Science and Technology Week, the Girls in STEM Day event was held in Tashkent, where the results of the active work of the participants and mentors of the teams for four months of the Technovation Girls Uzbekistan program were summed up.