Amplifying voice of Turkmen youth for Climate Action

The conference held in hybrid mode welcomed young delegates from all regions of Turkmenistan including members of Youth Organization of Turkmenistan, current and previous cohorts of young SDG Ambassadors in Turkmenistan, university students, current students and graduates of UNRCCA Preventive Diplomacy Academy and other young climate activists.

The event highlighted the role of the younger generation as a key partner in the fight against climate change and also inspired young people of Turkmenistan to get actively involved in climate change campaigns, as well as provided space to discuss and debate major climate change issues that affect Turkmenistan and ways to resolve them.

The one-day conference gathered over 250 participants and included presentations and seminars from leading experts, young activists and politicians. This year's themes included challenges posed by climate change; green, sustainable and modern energy; food security and sustainable agriculture; sustainable consumption and production patterns; and environmental education and upbringing, gender equality and climate change. The technical experts from UNDP, UNICEF, UNRCCA, OSCE, Ozone Center facilitated five thematic groups’ work.

Over the course of the conference, the young people had the chance to focus on climate related topics that have high national importance, discussed and developed respective outputs, which would be then fed into the Global Youth Climate Conference 2022 (COY17) and, consequently, into the climate negotiations at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).