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Japan to provide $1mn to

help Uzbekistan achieve net

zero emissions

JAPAN IN response to the climate emergency, the gov- Agreement, Uzbekistan increased its commit-
ernment of Japan has approved the provision ments by more than 300%, with plans to reduce
of funding close to $1mn in order to unite with greenhouse gas emissions per unit of GDP by
the United Nations Development Programme 35% of 2010 levels by 2030, compared to the 10%
(UNDP) to implement a joint project on “Build- reduction stated in the First NDC.
ing the climate-resilient livelihoods of horticul- The one-year initiative is to be launched in
tural producers in Fergana Valley in Uzbekistan”, March 2022 and implemented in cooperation
according to a press release. with the Center of Hydrometeorological Ser-
The project aims at contributing to the adap- vices of Uzbekistan and local partners in the
tation of agriculture to climate change as well as Fergana Valley.
assisting in achieving the net-zero emissions tar- Warming trends observed in Uzbekistan
get through the climate-resilient development of since 1951 have been occurring at more than
Fergana valley. These objectives will be achieved, twice the rate of the global average and signifi-
for example, by delivering technologies in indus- cant climate risks have already become evident.
try, construction, agriculture and other sectors The situation is particularly severe in the Aral
of the economy, improving the productivity of Sea region and in the far-eastern Fergana valley,
agricultural land and improving the water man- where drought, desertification, and extreme sea-
agement system, thereby leveraging Nationally sonal weather, all worsened by climate change,
Determined Contributions (NDCs) in reducing threaten basic well-being and food security. ™
emissions.
In the Second NDCs under the Paris Climate

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