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The Government of Georgia adopts the MEPA-initiated documents
The session of the Government of Georgia adopted three documents presented by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia – “Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – determined by the Paris Agreement”; Climate Change Strategy of Georgia for 2030 and 2021 – 2023 action plan of the respective strategy.
In frames of NDCs and the newly determined strategy at the national level, Georgia will ensure that by 2030, the country will decrease total data of greenhouse gas emissions at 35 %, as a comparison to 1990.
The Climate Change strategy for 2030 in Georgia has determined remedies for decreasing greenhouse emissions, which shall soften impact of the climate change. The strategy document will determine climate change softening remedies at the following sectors: energy generation and transmission, usage of energy in transport sector, usage of energy in buildings, usage of energy at enterprises and entailing processes, agriculture, waste management and forestry. Climate Change Strategy of Georgia for 2030 and 2021 – 2023 action plan of the respective strategy will entail the corresponding actions.
It shall be noted that from June 7, 2017 Georgia officially enacted the “Paris Agreement” within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which marks rebirth of global politics aiming at significant decrease of climate change risks and negative influence of economy, as well as limiting global increase of temperature at 2°C.