Decision Making Process considering Climate Change

Local authorities will begin to make decisions based on climate change

On December 2, in Termez, a seminar was held on the topic: “Modern decision-making methods of local authorities and the inclusion of the factor of climate change”. 

During the seminar, attention was paid to the importance of gender aspects, while making decisions by local authorities and local governments - mahallas. The international experience was voiced and considered, as well as modern approaches and international practice of decision making.

Participants of the seminar discussed the regulatory framework in the country on urban planning, efficient energy consumption, environmental protection, building permits, proper use of building materials, considering climate change and its improvement.

Director of the Surkhandarya regional branch of the head design and survey institute “Qishloq Qurilish loyiha” Bakhtiyor Kholbaev noted:

"In the Surkhandarya region, 185 low-carbon rural houses were built. Photovoltaic panels are installed in all houses for lighting needs, and in two of them solar collectors for hot water supply are installed. It should be noted that energy-efficient and low-carbon solutions in the housing sector provide access to affordable and clean energy, which positively affects the environment. The advantage of such a house is the opportunity to save on electricity and heating, this is beneficial for the owner and the environment because due to the fact that the energy received from burning hydrocarbon fuel is not wasted in lighting and heating the house, the greenhouse gas emission is reduced."

During the seminar, recommendations on improving the regulatory framework were considered. It was determined that the timely and effective implementation of the recommendations is considered as an extremely important condition for solving problems when making decisions on accommodation, settlement infrastructure, land distribution, building permits, use of building materials, energy consumption, environmental protection and climate change at the community level and local government.

The participants noted that the authorities and relevant organizations should make decisions considering climate change and consider the environmental situation in the republic. Also, seminar participants determined that the norms and requirements related to the environmentally-friendly development of populated areas are dispersed over a large number of documents, which makes it difficult to use them. In addition, they are poorly interconnected.

The seminar was attended by 20 representatives including regional representatives of design and construction organizations, the regional khokimiyat, the regional cadaster, the regional department of the Ministry of Construction, the regional committee of women, the engineering company Qishlok Qurilish Invest, regional branch of the design-survey institute Qishlok Qurilish Loyiha, and the regional state committee of ecology and environmental protection.

Participants agreed to cooperate in order to timely and effectively address all recommendations made in the course of the seminar in order to protect the environment and mitigate the climate change consequences at the community level.

“Market Transformation for Sustainable Rural Housing in Uzbekistan” is our project which was established in 2017 and has contributed to the construction of 800 efficient houses in five regions (Samarkand,Bukhara,Surkhandarya,Fergana and Khorezm) of Uzbekistan since then.