ACADEMIC STAFF FROM PARTNER UNIVERSITIES TOOK PART IN A WORKING MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE UNDER THE THEME "REDUCING THE RISK OF CLIMATE-DRIVEN DISASTERS IN GEORGIA

Organised by the Environmental Information and Education Centre, as part of the project “Reducing the risk of climate-driven disasters in Georgia”, a working meeting on climate change was held with academic staff from partner universities. International and local climate change policies were discussed and argued by the gathering attendees.

Tamar Aladashvili, Director of the Environmental Information and Education Centre, opened the meeting by discussing the significance of integrating climate change and disaster risk management issues into the educational process.

The participants in the meeting had an opportunity to exchange information and experience on critical topics, including the importance of agrometeorology in climate change and disaster risk management, the provision of climate services to farmers, practical tools for vulnerability assessment and their use, mechanisms for risk assessment, calculation, and data use, and safety regulations during disasters.

Archil Maghalashvili, an expert from the Environmental Information and Education Centre, presented a working version of the training module on climate change and disaster risk management. Given the importance and relevance of the issue, the meeting participants agreed that shortly, it is necessary to develop and introduce climate change disaster risk reduction as a subject in higher and vocational schools.

Experts in the subject, as well as representatives from relevant organisations and universities, attended the meeting.

The meeting was held as part of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) "Reducing the risk of climate-driven disasters in Georgia" project, which is implemented with the support of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), as well as the governments of Georgia, Sweden, and Switzerland.