Section 16. 2025 Calendar of events
January
January 2-5 – 14th Iran International Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Exhibition, Tehran, Iran
January 14-16 – World Future Energy Summit, Abu Dhabi, UAE
January 21 – High-Level Plenary Meeting to Launch the 2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation, Geneva, Switzerland
January 23 – Partnership Dialogue “Climate-Sensitive Water Management in Central Asia” and “EU4SustainableCentralAsia: Joint Action and Coordination on Water, Energy and Climate Change”, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
January 26 – International Day of Clean Energy
February
February 2 – World Wetlands Day
February 7 – International Scientific and Practical Conference “Revival of the Aral Sea”, online
February 11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
February 11-12 – The WEFE NEXUS International Conference “Exploring and Bridging Nexus for a Sustainable Future”, Rabat, Morocco
February 11-13 – International Congress and Exhibition E-World Energy & Water 2025, Essen, Germany
February 12-13 – Regional Workshop for countries of Central Asia on the outcomes of the third reporting exercise on SDG indicator 6.5.2 and sharing experience in using reporting as a tool for developing transboundary cooperation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
February 17-19 – 5th WaterEnergyNEXUS Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE
February 19-20 – 2nd Brussels Climate Security Dialogue, Brussels, Belgium
February 25-28 – Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, Bangkok, Thailand
February 27-28 – International Scientific and Practical Conference “Bioresources, Climate Change, and Biodiversity Conservation: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Innovative Solutions”, online
March
March 3 – World Wildlife Day
March 5-7 – World Sustainable Development Summit, New Delhi, India
March 11-13 – International Exhibition “Agriculture – AgroWorld Uzbekistan 2025”, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
March 11-14 – International Exhibition Aquatech Amsterdam 2025, Amsterdam, Netherlands
March 12-13 – Global Forum “Sustainable Energy for All”, Bridgetown, Barbados
March 12-14 – 20th International Specialized Agriculture Exhibition in Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
March 14 – International Day of Action for Rivers
March 19-20 – Global workshop on increasing climate resilience with focus on floods and health on the transboundary and national levels, Geneva, Switzerland
March 19-21 – Water India 2025, New Delhi, India
March 20-21 – International Scientific and Practical Conference “Glacier conservation – the basis for ensuring water, food, energy and environmental security”, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
March 21 – 15th meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate, Geneva, Switzerland
March 21 – International Day of Forests
March 21 – World Glaciers Day
March 22 – World Water Day
March 23 – World Meteorological Day
March 26 – Aral Sea Day
March 26-28 – International Conference on Advanced Remote Sensing (ICARS 2025), Barcelona, Spain
April
April 1-5 – 6th International Scientific and Practical Conference “Prospects for Environmental Development in Russia and the CIS Countries”, Moscow, Russia
April 4-5 – International Conference “Central Asia Facing Global Climate Challenges: Consolidation for Shared Prosperity”, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
April 4-6 – 1st Aral Culture Summit, Nukus, Uzbekistan
April 7-12 – CGIAR Science Week, Nairobi, Kenya
April 8-10 – 9th Russian Water Congress and VODEXPO 2025 Exhibition, Moscow, Russia
April 9-10 – 9th Annual International Congress and Exhibition: Hydropower Central Asia & Caspian, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
April 9-11 – Environmental Forum and 9th Specialized Exhibition “Ecology and Technologies 2025”, Ufa, Russia
April 14-18 – 6th African Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, Abuja, Nigeria
April 15-17 – ECOSOC Youth Forum, New York, USA
April 21-23 – IE Expo China 2025, Shanghai, China
April 22 – International Mother Earth Day
April 23-25 – 14th International Exhibition of Equipment and Technologies for Water Industry and Conference “Su Arnasy – Water Expo 2025”, Astana, Kazakhstan
April 24-25 – International Conference “Global Mountain Dialogue for Sustainable Development”, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
April 24-26 – 29th International Energy and Environment Fair and Conference, Istanbul, Turkey
April 27-29 – 11th International Micro-Irrigation Conference, Baghdad, Iraq
April 28-29 – 1st ECO Forum on Sustainable Development, Arkadag, Turkmenistan
May
May 5-8 – Ecosperity Week 2025, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
May 5-8 – World Bank Land Conference 2025, Washington, D.C., USA
May 5-9 – GEO Global Forum “The Earth Talks”, Rome, Italy
May 7-8 – 10th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, New York, USA
May 12-14 – Global Water Summit 2025, Paris, France
May 13-15 – Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2025), Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
May 13-15 – Central Asian Exhibition on Green Energy Technologies/GETCA 2025, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
May 14 – 8th International Energy Summit, Saint Petersburg, Russia
May 14-16 – 5th International Conference on Water, Energy, Food and Sustainability, Leiria, Portugal
May 15-17 – 5th Eurasian Environmental Technologies Exhibition/ IFAT Eurasia 2025, Istanbul, Turkey
May 20-22 – 3rd International Forum on Biosaline and Arid Land Agriculture, Laayoune, Morocco
May 20-23 – 22nd International Conference EURO-INBO 2025, Parma, Italy
May 20-23 – 3rd International Conference “Eurasian Lakes: Problems and Solutions”, Kazan, Russian Federation
May 29 – Regional Forum “Enhancing Transboundary Cooperation for Water Sustainability and Climate Resilience in the Glacier-Dependent Basins of Central Asia”, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
May 30 – International Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists “Current Scientific Research in the Field of Land Reclamation and Hydraulic Engineering”, Novocherkassk, Russia
May 29-31 – International Scientific Conference on GIS in Central Asia/GISCA 2025 «A Digital Earth Connecting Everyone», Almaty, Kazakhstan
May 29-31 – High-Level International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
June
June 3-5 – 17th Shanghai International Water Technology Exhibition, Shanghai, China
June 3-5 – Eco Expo Central Asia 2025, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
June 5 – World Environment Day
June 8 – World Oceans Day
June 11-13 – International Environmental Technology and Green Energy Exhibition (ENVEX 2025), Seoul, Republic of Korea
June 16-17 – Global workshop on ecosystems conservation and restoration in transboundary basins, Geneva, Switzerland
June 18 – 9th meeting of the Task Force on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus, Geneva, Switzerland
June 17 – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 22-27 – 41st World Congress of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), Singapore, Republic of Singapore
June 23-24 – Singapore International Water Week, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
June 23-26 – 7th IWA International Conference on Eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment, Stockholm, Sweden
July
July 2-4 – International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity in the Water Sector, Delft, Netherlands
July 8-11 – One Water Summit, Pittsburgh, USA
July 10-11 – 19th International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management/ICSWRM 2025, Stockholm, Sweden
July 14-23 – High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, New York, USA
July 24 – Earth Overshoot Day
August
August 5-8 – 3rd United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, Awaza, Turkmenistan
August 12 – Caspian Sea Day
August 19 – Panel Session “Climate Challenges in Central Asia and the European Union: New Opportunities for Transregional Cooperation”, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
August 19-21 – 3rd International Specialized Environmental Exhibition ECOLOGY EXPO-2025, Minsk, Belarus
August 24-28 – World Water Week, hybrid format, Stockholm, Sweden
September
September 1-30 – 8th International Exhibition of Environmental Technologies: Water, Air, Soil, Waste, Guangzhou, China
September 7-13 – 4th World Irrigation Forum and 76th ICID International Executive Council Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
September 9-11 – International exhibition of technologies and equipment for municipal and industrial water treatment, water supply, sewage, wastewater treatment, engineering systems and pumping equipment “EcwaTech”, Moscow, Russia
September 10-11 – 13th International Conference on Sustainable Development, Rome, Italy
September 20 – World Cleanup Day
September 20 – 5th International Conference “Silk Road of Knowledge: Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in an Era of Social-Ecological Uncertainties”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
September 26 – World Environmental Health Day
September 28 – World Maritime Day
September 30-October 2 – 27th Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition/WETEX 2025, Dubai, UAE
October
October 2-3 – 11th World Sustainability Forum, Barcelona, Spain
October 9-15 – IUCN World Conservation Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE
October 10 – Central Asia Water Conference 2025/CAWC 2025, Astana, Kazakhstan
October 12-16 – Cairo Water Week, Cairo, Egypt
October 13-15 – 20th meeting of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management, Geneva, Switzerland
October 13-17 – World Food Forum 2025, Rome, Italy
October 15 – International Day of Rural Women
October 16 – World Food Day
October 20-24 – 10th IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Water New Zealand Conference & Expo, Auckland, New Zealand
October 26-28 – 14th UNESCO Youth Forum
October 30-November 13 – 43rd Session of the UNESCO General Conference, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
November
November 3-4 – Policy Dialogue “Gender and Youth in Water & Energy: Building Inclusive Futures for Central Asia”, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
November 5-7 – 7th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health, Budapest, Hungary
November 7-13 – International Week of Science and Peace
November 10 – World Science Day for Peace and Development
November 10-21 – UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), Belém, Brazil
November 18-19 – Think Road Forum “Rethinking Sustainable Development in Central Asia in the Age of Emerging Regionalism”, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
November 24-December 5 – 20th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP20), Samarkand, Uzbekistan
December
December 1-5 – 19th World Water Congress of IWRA, Marrakech, Morocco
December 5 – World Soil Day
December 8-12 – IWA Water and Development Congress & Exhibition 2025, Bangkok, Thailand
December 8-12 – 7th Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, Nairobi, Kenya
December 11 – International Mountain Day
December 12 – International Scientific and Practical Conference “Current Issues of Environmental and Climate Protection”, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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