As Uzbekistan develops long-term development strategies, there is a unique opportunity to help direct investments towards energy, transport and industry infrastructure projects that support connectivity, economic growth and job creation in the short term and assist the transition towards an economic model compatible with the Paris Agreement and the SDGs in the long term.

SIPA’s activities in Uzbekistan related to infrastructure planning and evaluation include support to develop a whole-of-economy low-carbon strategy to complement its low-carbon development strategy in the energy sector (implemented by IDDRI) as well as a pilot multidimensional assessment of a major infrastructure project (IISD). Sectoral work in Uzbekistan focuses on fossil-fuel subsidy reform (IISD), developing a low-carbon transport strategy for the city of Tashkent (ITF), decarbonisation strategies for high-impact industries (OECD) and a regional study on improving low-carbon transport and logistics connectivity (ITF). SIPA includes an array of capacity development activities, including to promote responsible business conduct (RBC) and due diligence (OECD).

• Latest publications:
  
  • Financing Uzbekistan’s Green Transition: Capital Market Development and Opportunities for Green Bond Issuance
  • Decarbonising Pathways for Urban Mobility in Uzbekistan

• Previous events:
  • 19 December 2023: 2nd SIPA Webinar on Decarbonisation of Energy in Central Asia, virtual event
  • 14 December 2023: OECD Eurasia Week: SIPA session "Low Carbon Transition in Euraisa", Paris, France 
  • 3 December 2023: CAREC COP28 Pavilion: SIPA session "Potential and Opportunities for Low Carbon Development in Central Asia", hybrid event
  • 27 November 2023: Expert workshop on International Experience in the Development and Implementation of LT-LEDS, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 
  • 3-5 October 2023: SIPA Summer School Programme, Istanbul, Türkiye
  • 12 September 2023: 1st SIPA Webinar on Decarbonisation of Transport in Central Asia, virtual event
  • 4-5 July 2023: Regional Workshop on ISO Standards for Carbon Management, Astana, Kazakhstan
  • 11-12 May 2023: GREEN Action Task Force Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Türkiye
  • 14 February 2023: Decarbonising Pathways for Urban Mobility in Uzbekistan Final dissemination event, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • 8 November 2022: Inception workshop - Development of the Fossil Fuel Subsidies Inventory for Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • 15 October 2022: Decarbonising Pathways for Urban Mobility in Uzbekistan Scenario-building workshop, virtual meeting
  • 21-23 September 2022: SIPA Summer School Programme, Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan.
  • 31 June - 1st July 2022: Annual Meeting of the GREEN Action Task Force, Tbilisi, Georgia.
  • 11 March 2022: Conference on CO₂ Capture in Central Asia, virtual event.
  • 21-24 February 2022: Decarbonising Pathways for Urban Mobility in Uzbekistan Kick-off meeting, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 
  • 11 January 2022: Develop Decarbonising Pathways for Urban Mobility in Uzbekistan Pre-kick-off and training workshop, virtual meeting. 
  • 23 September 2021: OECD Regional Dialogue "Accelerating the race to net-zero in Central Asia", virtual event
  • 20 August 2021 - 17 February 2022: Uzbekistan Policy Dialogues: Green Growth and Climate Change, hybrid meetings