13.2.1 Low-carbon energy tracking

In 2025, Bukhara State University continued to strengthen its commitment to low-carbon development, energy sustainability and climate change mitigation through environmental management, international cooperation and sustainability assessment. According to the university’s official communication, its UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2025 overall score reached 7,237.5 points, with 401st place worldwide and 5th place in Uzbekistan. The Energy and Climate Change category score was reported as 1,625 points, compared with 1,600 in the preceding report.

Rector Obidjon Khamidov participated in the UI GreenMetric Steering Committee meeting at Université Côte d’Azur in Nice, France, sharing experience on sustainable campuses, energy consumption, climate change, water conservation, waste, transport and environmental education. These activities reflect institutional engagement with sustainability assessment and international exchange. The cited announcements do not establish the quantity of renewable electricity generated or the volume of carbon emissions avoided in 2025.

13.3 Environmental education measures

The university promoted environmental education and climate awareness through student engagement, ecological competitions, practical campaigns, green-space initiatives, digital monitoring seminars and international cooperation. The following sections distinguish documented initiatives from formal policies or agreements that would require additional evidence.

13.3.1 Local education programmes on climate

Bukhara State University encouraged students and academic staff to connect environmental knowledge with practical action. The Ecological Competition 2025 promoted ecological initiatives and awareness through categories including Ecology Expert, Promoter of Ecological Culture, Most Active Eco-Volunteer and Best Environmental Defender of the Year. The competition was organised in faculty and university stages, with recognition for successful participants.

Youth Union coordinators and eco-volunteers also organised plogging activities, combining physical exercise with litter collection and awareness of responsible waste handling. These initiatives contribute to SDG Target 13.3 by strengthening environmental literacy, student participation and community responsibility.

13.3.2 Climate Action Plan, shared

In connection with the national Year of Environmental Protection and Green Economy, university participants supported the Yashil Makon (Green Space) initiative. Tree planting at the Faculty of Philology encouraged green campus development and community participation. As trees mature, well-maintained green spaces can support shade, biodiversity and local adaptation.

Publication of UI GreenMetric sustainability results also strengthened the visibility of the university’s environmental performance across energy and climate, waste, water, transportation, and education and research. These are documented climate-related activities; the available announcements do not independently confirm a separately approved and published comprehensive institutional Climate Action Plan.

13.3.3 Co-operative planning for climate change disasters

The seminar-training “Digitalisation of Environmental Monitoring of the Region” examined the potential of modern digital technologies to monitor ecological conditions. T. R. Shafiyev, Head of the Department of Information Systems and Digital Technologies, highlighted digital environmental monitoring; Sh. E. Nazarov, Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Programming Technologies, discussed software, artificial intelligence and technological approaches.

The seminar also introduced the Eko-Innovation-2025 exhibition. Environmental monitoring and data analysis can strengthen knowledge relevant to climate-risk assessment, although the cited reports do not confirm an operational disaster early-warning system or a formal joint disaster response plan.

13.3.4 Inform and support government

The university contributed to national environmental priorities through academic communication, participation in Yashil Makon and public sustainability reporting. At the international UI GreenMetric Steering Committee meeting, Rector Obidjon Khamidov presented experience relating to sustainability policies and environmental activities in Uzbekistan’s higher education institutions.

Environmental monitoring seminars also demonstrated ways research and digital technologies can support environmental information systems. These initiatives provide a basis for cooperation with public bodies, but the cited posts do not establish a formal government climate-risk advisory service.

13.3.5 Environmental education collaborates with NGO

University Youth Union coordinators and eco-volunteers organised a plogging campaign to combine environmental cleanliness with healthy lifestyles. Participants collected litter and promoted practical responsibility for local surroundings.

The Ecological Competition 2025 and Yashil Makon activities also encouraged environmental leadership and volunteer participation. These demonstrate engagement with student and community organisations; a specifically named external NGO partnership in 2025 would require further documentary evidence.