The Climate Implementation Summit on November 7-8 opens the 27th United Nations climate change conference (COP27) in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, which will last until November 18.
The conference has brought together the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). These include the EU and all EU member states.
The conferences are referred to as COPs, which stands for “Conference of the Parties.” The parties are the attending countries that signed up to the original UN climate agreement in 1992.
Meanwhile, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday participated and spoke at the opening ceremony of Tajikistan Water Pavilion on the sidelines of the COP-27.
According to the Tajik president’s official website, the Prime Minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands also took part and spoke at that ceremony. They reportedly highly appreciated the global initiatives of Tajik “as a leading figure in promoting water and climate issues at the global level.”
The President of Tajikistan reportedly stated that Tajikistan has been steadily and actively promoting water issues in the world development agenda for more than two decades. During this period, on the initiative of Tajikistan, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted 8 resolutions related to water. Resolutions on declaring 2003 as the "International Year of Fresh Water", 2005-2015 as the International Decade of Action "Water for Life", 2013 as the "International Year of Water Cooperation" are among such actions.
It was emphasized that Tajikistan and the Netherlands, as co-chairs of the Water Conference, are trying to make it historic not only in terms of time, but also in terms of its results.
The heads of state confidently stressed that the Water Pavilion has also focused on the United Nations Water Conference, and it is hoped that the results of the sessions and discussions within it will make a valuable contribution to the preparation process for this prestigious conference next year.
It should be noted that in June of this year, the Second Dushanbe Conference on the International Decade of Action "Water for Sustainable Development" was held in Tajikistan. At this conference, key messages for the United Nations Water Conference in 2023 were developed, within the framework of which the process of implementation of the goals of this Decade will be evaluated.
Organized by the Republic of Tajikistan together with the Arab Republic of Egypt, the United Kingdom, Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in cooperation with more than 35 different organizations and institutions, the Water and Climate Pavilion is a unique platform to showcase and promote the central role of water in achieving progress both in adaptation and mitigation of climate change.
The Water and Climate Pavilion is being open from November 7 to 18, and each day will be dedicated to different topics. Its program covers a wide range of sub-topics from health, nutrition and energy to gender, development and biodiversity.
