Organized by the Permanent Missions of Tajikistan, Japan, Canada, Morocco, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs under the support of UN-Water, a High-level Event on interlinkages between Water and Climate took place in the ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters, New York on March 27.
As water plays a pivotal role in how the world mitigates and adapts to the effects of climate change, including in the context of disaster risk reduction, this high-level event in the framework of the Water Action Decade, highlighted the potential and existing interlinkages between water and climate action while shining a light on sustainable approaches to water resource management for the achievement of climate objectives in the context of sustainable development.
In a statement delivered at the meeting, Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin underlined the significant increase in the number of extreme natural phenomena in Tajikistan, which causes serious damage to the population and the economy of the country, according to the Tajik MFA information department.
Mr. Muhriddin noted the ever-increasing impact of climate change on the high volume of glacier and snowfalls melting.
Tajik Foreign Minister called on representatives of the UN member nations to support the process of implementation of the initiative of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028,” the Tajik MFA information department said.
According to UN-Water, the outcomes of this event will facilitate the implementation of the Water Action Decade raising the momentum produced by the World Water Day, further feeding into the high-level meeting organized by the President of the UN General Assembly on “Climate Protection for All” and looking toward the high-level meetings in 2021 and 2023.
