On November 13, 2024, within the framework of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, an event on the theme “We are celebrating the International Year of Glacier Protection together", which was attended by industry specialists of the Agency for Hydrometeorology Ruziev K. - Head of the International Relations Department and Rakhmonov R. - Head of the Glaciology Center and made presentations on the topic "Tajikistan as an initiative state in the field of water and climate" and "2025 - the International Year of Glacier Protection".
In their speech, industry experts noted that the Founder of peace and national unity, the Leader of the Nation, the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the respected Emomali Rahmon, realizing the importance of glaciers and the threat of climate change, in 2009 in Copenhagen, at the 15th conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, for the first time proposed the creation of an International Fund for the Protection of Glaciers, The initiative confirmed our country's commitment to solving the problems of climate change, water resources, melting glaciers and their consequences.
The United Nations General Assembly, during its 77th session, adopted the resolution “2025 - International Year of Glacier Protection” as an initiative of the Republic of Tajikistan, which emphasizes the importance of glaciers as part of the hydrological cycle, and the rapid melting of glaciers and the retreat of glaciers, where it has a significant impact on climate, environment, health human rights and sustainable development of the country's economy.
At the end of the event, the participants were invited to the First World and International Conference on Glacier Conservation, which will be held in May 2025 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
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