February 2025

About: The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution “Central Asia Facing Environmental Challenges: Fostering Regional Solidarity for Sustainable Development and Prosperity,” initiated by Uzbekistan.

The text specifically mentions a number of initiatives of the President of Uzbekistan, including the Green Agenda of Central Asia and its role in promoting sustainable development in the region. In the resolution, member states welcome Uzbekistan's initiative to hold the International Climate Forum in Samarkand.

On February 20, we met with colleagues from the German-Kazakh University to discuss the concept of the SuLaMaNET project (supported by BMBF). The goal of the project is to develop and establish partnership structures—such as a platform, a research center, or a joint academic course—between Germany and Kazakhstan in the field of sustainable land management.