Georgia’s carbon dioxide emissions amount to over 17 million tonnes per year (over 2 tonnes per capita), which is around 0.03% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Georgia’s Low-Emission Development Strategy is expected to be finalised by August 2021. By the end of 2020, the country will also update its nationally determined contributions to the Paris Agreement, setting a new target for 2030 to reduce GHG emissions by 35% compared to 1990.   

To discuss Georgia’s path to achieving a climate-proof future, the EU, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, and the Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus organised a workshop last week. The meeting was held as part of the ‘EU4Climate’ programme, which is funded by the EU and implemented by the UNDP in the six Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. 

During the workshop, Alexandre Darras, Team Leader on Connectivity, Energy, Environment and Climate Change at the EU Delegation to Georgia, said: “The ‘EU4Climate’ programme assists Georgia and the other Eastern Partnership countries in fulfilling climate and energy commitments undertaken under the EU Association Agreement and the Energy Community Treaty.”

Mr Darras further added: “We welcome the government’s commitment to adopt a long-term low-emission development strategy that will make national development climate-compatible.”

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