A working meeting “Climate Activism in Kyrgyzstan. COP27 Outcomes” was held in Bishkek. The working meeting was organized by the “Zhashyl Klimat”/Youth Resilience to Climate Change project, implemented in Kyrgyzstan with the support of the European Union, together with the Move Green public environmental organization, the CAN EECCA climate network and the Green Alliance.KG public association.
More than 30 eco-activists, representatives of youth and environmental NGOs, journalists, youth bloggers and civil society from Bishkek and the regions took part in the working meeting “Climate Activism in Kyrgyzstan. COP27 Outcomes”. Zoya Kretova, expert of the “Youth Resilience to Climate Change” project, gave a presentation on what COP27 is and more about the green zone, also speaking about the Paris Climate Agreement and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for specific measures.
Zhamilya Suranaeva, founder of the Zhashyl Muun youth ecological movement, gave a presentation with videos on the topic “Climate Activism in Other Countries and the Kyrgyz Republic, the Role of Youth”.
Maria Kolesnikova, head of the Move Green organization and representative of the Green Alliance of Kyrgyzstan, gave a presentation on “The Civic Position of COP27 Participants”. Maria also spoke about greening Kyrgyzstan, tree planting and monitoring methods, actively engaging the audience in the discussion.
The closing presentation was on the topic “The Official Position of the Kyrgyz Republic at COP27” by Nargiza Korgoldoeva from CAN EECCA.
The main purpose of the working meeting was to inform participants about COP27 and about climate activism in the Kyrgyz Republic, including youth, and to raise the awareness and capacity of civil society.
At the end of the working meeting, Anna Kirilenko, Executive Director of the BIOM ecological movement, presented a draft “Position of NGOs and Youth”. After reviewing the document, a dialogue was held to analyze the situation in Kyrgyzstan and identify the best ways to get answers from the state to questions from civil society and organizations. Activists expressed their readiness to sign this document and send it to decision-makers, which would make it possible to monitor the fulfillment of the country’s climate commitments.
The “Zhashyl Klimat/Youth Resilience to Climate Change” project is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Norwegian Society for the Protection of Nature (NNV) in partnership with the BIOM Ecological Movement and the GLIP public organization.
