The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations and financial support from the Green Climate Fund, has trained over 200 residents from 15 makhallas across seven regions of Uzbekistan on emergency response procedures.
The training covered actions to take before, during, and after natural disasters including mudflows, flooding, avalanches, landslides, and earthquakes. Local response plans were developed to organize evacuations and provide first aid, aiming to reduce disaster risks.
Uzbekistan ranks 24th on the World Bank’s global natural disaster hotspots list. Approximately 9.3% of the country’s area is at risk, with 65.6% of the population and 65.5% of the national GDP located in these risk zones. The training aims to address the impacts of climate change-induced hazards.
Maysara Rajaboeva, a resident of Kumushkan makhalla in Parkent district, Tashkent region, commented on the training's value, recalling past mudflows and noting the improved response strategies learned.
“The training session brought back memories of mudflows that occurred in our makhalla in the 1970s and 1980s. We didn't know how to react. But during the training, we learned how to correctly response to mudflows, where to go and what to do,”
Training sessions also took place in the Syrdarya, Jizzakh, Samarkand, Kashkadarya, Namangan, and Fergana regions. This initiative is part of the UNDP project “Enhancing Multi-Hazard Early Warning System to Increase Resilience of Uzbekistan Communities to Climate Change-Induced Hazards,” which seeks to modernize the country’s early warning system for various natural disasters in key regions.
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