Uzbekistan s nationally determined commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions also describe the national process and strategic planning directions to strengthen adaptation and mitigation measures. Adaptation measures cover a wide range of actions to protect communities from the adverse impacts of climate change, such as extreme droughts and hydrometeorological hazards associated with global warming; increasing the resilience of strategic infrastructure and ecosystems to conserve agrobiodiversity; reducing the adverse impact of the Aral Sea disaster on the environment and the lives of millions of people living in the Aral Sea region, including through well-designed target projects and programs, with financial and technical support from UN institutions, other international organizations and development partner countries.