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In response to the climate emergency of Uzbekistan, the Government of Japan approved provision of funding close to US$1 million (US$956,147) in order to unite the efforts with the United Nations Development Programme and implement a joint project on “Building the climate resilient livelihoods of horticultural producers in Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan”.

The project aims at contributing to adaptation of the agriculture to the climate change as well as to achieving the net-zero target through climate-resilient development in Ferghana valley, for example, saving technologies in industry, construction, agriculture and other sectors of the economy, improving productivity of agricultural land and improving the water management system, thereby leveraging Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

In the Second NDCs under the Paris Climate Agreement, Uzbekistan increased its commitments more than 300 percent, with plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions per unit of GDP by 35 percent of 2010 levels by 2030, compared to the 10 percent reduction stated in the First NDC. Adaptation measures in the Second NDC cover a wide range of actions aimed at protecting communities from the adverse effects of climate change.