During the Cabinet meeting on Saturday, 10 June, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov approved the Roadmap for 2023-2024 for the development of international cooperation aimed at exploring Turkmenistan’s accession to the Global Methane Pledge and the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement at the national level.
The document was presented by DPM, Foreign Minister Meredov.
The draft Roadmap provides for the following measures:
- Holding seminars and round tables with the participation of international institutions in order to raise awareness on Global Methane Pledge.
- Establishing cooperation with foreign partners in the preparation of pilot projects in the field of reducing methane emissions
- Organization of specialized internships for employees of ministries and sectoral departments of Turkmenistan in the world’s leading research centers and companies involved in the implementation of Global Methane Pledge.
In addition, proposals were made to conduct seminars and research jointly with the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), as well as to improve the relevant national legislation.
Commenting on the report, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov stressed that Turkmenistan has always taken an active position on issues of international cooperation in the field of ecology, including those related to adaptation to climate change and mitigating its impact.
Stressing that Turkmenistan will continue to contribute in every possible way to fostering environmental partnership on a regional and global scales, the head of state instructed Meredov to continue systematic work in this relevant direction.
Earlier President of Turkmenistan signed a decree authorizing to set an Intersectoral Commission on Reducing Methane Emissions.
About the Global Methane Pledge
https://www.globalmethanepledge.org/
The Global Methane Commitment was launched in November 2021 in Glasgow at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-26).
Participants joining the Pledge agree to take voluntary actions to contribute to a collective effort to reduce global methane emissions at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030, which could eliminate over 0.2˚C warming by 2050. This is a global, not a national reduction target.
Participants also commit to moving towards using the highest tier IPCC good practice inventory methodologies, as well as working to continuously improve the accuracy, transparency, consistency, comparability, and completeness of national greenhouse gas inventory reporting under the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement, and to provide greater transparency in key sectors.
To date, 150 countries have joined to the Global Methane Pledge. ///nCa, 12 June 2023
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