Enhancing Uzbekistan’s Methane Inventories (UzEMI)

Location
Uzbekistan
Funding sources
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Budget
87,000 USD
Status
Active
Duration
December 2025 – September 2026
Thematic area
Climate Change Mitigation; Methane Emissions; Oil & Gas; MRV Systems; Capacity Building
General information

The project aims to strengthen Uzbekistan's methane monitoring, reporting, and regulatory framework by enhancing the national methane inventory, conducting policy and data gap analyses, supporting methane policy and regulatory development, and building the institutional capacity of relevant stakeholders for effective methane management.

The project is being implemented in support of the national climate commitments of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the new Law “On the Limitation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions” (No. ZRU-1073). It focuses on the introduction of modern approaches to monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV), leveraging top-down satellite data to strengthen national GHG inventories and support evidence-based decision-making in the energy sector of Uzbekistan.

Project Details

Implemented by

Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC)

Funded by

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

Target countries

Uzbekistan

Sector

Oil & Gas

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is a leading international nonprofit organization that works to tackle climate change by advancing practical, science-based solutions, including reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.



Dilovarsho Dustzoda — Project Manager ddustzoda@carececo.org

Arailym Shulgauova — Project Specialist ashulgauova@carececo.org