Termez State University collaborates with nongovernmental organisations on climate adaptation through environmental research, community education, ecosystem protection and organised student participation. The university’s climate-cooperation programme includes work with NGOs on environmental monitoring, reducing the effects of climate change, public-awareness seminars and joint scientific research. The adaptation themes concern water scarcity, land degradation, desertification and the protection of local ecosystems. These activities connect academic expertise with community participation in responding to the environmental pressures affecting Surxondaryo.
The university identifies the Ekosan Foundation among its partners in ecosystem conservation and restoration. Its institutional account describes cooperation with Ekosan during Environmental Culture Month, when information activities and seminars in mahallas addressed responsible water use, prevention of land degradation and waste sorting. The water and land topics have a direct adaptation relevance: they concern the resources and environmental conditions on which local households and livelihoods depend. The partnership provides a community setting for discussing practical responses and building environmental understanding.
Ekosan’s role sits within the university’s wider cooperation on local ecosystems, alongside community organisations and public authorities. The university describes student and staff participation in Green Space planting and vegetation work along erosion-prone sections of the Surxon River. In adaptation terms, the relevant connection is the protection of land and vegetation under environmental pressure. Community education and practical ecological activity bring residents, students and academic specialists into the university’s work on the condition of shared landscapes.
The Youth Union of Uzbekistan provides a further organised route for civil-society participation. It is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organisation represented at the university through its primary organisation. The university’s 2025 community-service programme identifies the Youth Union and volunteer groups as participants in tree planting, Green Space initiatives and environmental awareness. This gives the university a named NGO relationship through which students can participate in local environmental work and develop practical responsibility for the places in which they study and live.
A recorded activity on 12 February 2025 involved Green Space planting with the Youth Union coordinator of the Faculty of Foreign Philology. The university’s GreenMetric community-service register records 550 participants for that activity. The figure describes participation in the planting event. Within the adaptation programme, this is a practical example of organised involvement in vegetation and green-area development, connecting the university’s environmental work with the student network of a recognised NGO.
The university’s student organisations and volunteer groups also provide continuity between public awareness and practical participation. Its Eco Club, Youth Union primary organisation and student initiative groups contribute to sustainability-related activity. The community-service programme extends their work beyond the campus through environmental awareness and local projects. This structure makes student engagement an organised part of the university’s community contribution and provides people who can participate in environmental learning and practical work.
The scientific focus of the university’s climate-adaptation work is shaped by regional conditions. Its researchers study changes in rainfall, temperature and wind, together with water scarcity, soil degradation and desertification. The climate-cooperation programme describes NGO participation in joint research and the development and practical application of new technologies. The university’s Ecology and Environmental Protection specialists contribute to adaptation strategies, connecting research into local environmental pressures with the identification of possible responses.
The university’s wider external cooperation includes agroecological innovation projects developed with local NGOs, regional government and international organisations. Research centres undertake modelling on land degradation, efficient water use and climate adaptation, while geographic information systems and data analysis support the study of environmental indicators. These activities provide a scientific setting for cooperation: local environmental problems can be examined through research and discussed through the university’s relationships with civil-society and public-sector organisations.
Water conservation is an important community adaptation theme within this wider programme. University staff and students provide practical learning in mahallas and schools on conserving water in households and agriculture. Public forums address climate effects on water resources, and volunteer activity includes sharing information and guidance with rural communities. This institutional outreach complements the water-use education described in the Ekosan partnership and gives local learners opportunities to connect environmental awareness with daily resource-management practices.
The adaptation contribution of these activities lies in strengthening knowledge and participation around local environmental pressures. Water-use education addresses the management of a scarce resource; land-degradation awareness concerns the continued condition of productive and residential environments; and ecosystem protection maintains attention to vegetation and shared natural areas. NGO collaboration gives these themes a community dimension by involving organisations that work with people beyond university classrooms. Academic research and practical participation contribute different forms of knowledge to that relationship.
Institutional coordination supports the partnership approach. The university’s sustainability committee brings together staff and students and includes cooperation with national and international NGOs, public organisations and community groups within its remit. Its work covers environmental awareness, sustainability initiatives and research collaboration. This places NGO engagement within the university’s organisational approach to sustainability and provides a connection between academic activity, student participation and external cooperation.
The Energy and Climate Change Programme for 2024–2030 provides a planning period that includes the 2025 reporting year. The university’s submitted energy and climate impact statement describes the development of practical skills in climate adaptation through research, training and public engagement, with knowledge disseminated through collaborations and community activity. Within this institutional framework, NGO cooperation combines community environmental education, organised participation and research on the water, land and ecosystem challenges relevant to local climate resilience.