Georgian Deputy Environment Minister elected to UN Green Climate Fund Governing Board
Nino Tandilashvili, the Georgian Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, has been elected as a member of the Governing Board of the United Nations-initiated Green Climate Fund. Photo: Ministry of Environment
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Nino Tandilashvili, the Georgian Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, has been elected as a member of the Governing Board of the United Nations-initiated Green Climate Fund, the Ministry announced on Tuesday.
Tandilashvili was elected to the Board of the body - established in 2014 as part of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - on the nomination of countries of the Eastern European region.
The election of Nino Tandilashvili to the foundation's management Board will allow countries of the Eastern European region, including Georgia, to further deepen their relationship with the organisation, make available climate-smart technologies and increase green financing", said the Ministry.
The Green Climate Fund was established as an operating entity designed to assist developing countries in adaptation and mitigation practices to counter climate change.
The Ministry said Georgia cooperated "closely and fruitfully" with the GCF, with "several large projects" underway in the country with the support of the organisation.
The World Bank, the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) and the government of Georgia have started consultations on 'bluing the Black Sea' to address marine pollution and provide Georgia with a valuable opportunity to integrate the Black Sea into the country’s strategies for climate adaptation and mitigation.
The first nationwide opinion poll about climate change conducted by the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Georgia reads that Georgians see climate change as one of the top three challenges facing humanity, including poverty and infectious diseases.
Georgia will receive a €33m grant from Green Climate Fund for efforts in developing forest waste utilisation and contribute to efforts for reducing greenhouse emissions, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture revealed on Wednesday.
The Georgian government has announced the launch of the Climate Change Adaptation Programme with a budget of $70 million .
The National Statistics Office of Georgia will launch an online portal for social and economic statistics in the country’s municipalities this year, with the agency also working to improve its data collection.
The United Nations Development Programme, Sweden and Euronews Georgia have launched Climate Magazines, a series of documentaries detailing key climate change issues and impacts in Georgia, in a bid to better inform the country’s residents about challenges posed by the issue.
Giorgi Pertaia, the President of the Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has been elected as a member of the General Council of the World Chambers Federation, the national body announced on Wednesday.
The Georgian Government Administration, as well as the country’s Parliament, on Saturday joined the global environmental campaign Earth Hour.
The Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia announced the winners of the “Clean Region” 2022 contest, which aims to promote public involvement in cleaning activities, the Ministry said on Saturday.
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is set to host the 37th board meeting of Green Climate Fund, the world's largest fund assisting developing countries to respond to climate change, at the end of October, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia announced on Saturday.
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is hosting the 37th board meeting of Green Climate Fund, the world's largest fund assisting developing countries to respond to climate change, between Monday and Wednesday.
Members of the Green Climate Fund delegation, the largest fund assisting developing countries to meet their climate change goals, visited Georgia to review the protection of forests in the country, as part of the ECO.Georgia project, the Environment Ministry said on Sunday.
Georgia's Environmental Protection Ministry on Saturday issued a statement, rejecting misinformation over selling the forest in western Georgia’s Racha region, and noting there was “no reason to hold protests” over the matter after citizens held a rally outside the Ministry yesterday.
Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia on Monday revealed studies were ongoing for creating a new protected natural area in western Georgia’s Racha region, following a citizen protest on Saturday over an alleged sale of a forest area in the locality.
Paata Kalandadze, Georgia’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, on Thursday said Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has been scheduled to get involved in “all scheduled format meetings” of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai.