Development of the Fifth National Communication and the First Biennial Transparency Report of Georgia to the UNFCCC (5NC/1BTR)

The overall goal of the project: to support the Government of Georgia to mainstream and integrate climate change considerations into development strategies and sector-based policy frameworks, through ensuring continuity of the institutional and technical capacity building, partly initiated and consequently sustained by reporting instruments under the UNFCCC and ensuring a regular mechanism of national monitoring, reporting and verification of climate change actions, and move towards a low-carbon and climate resilience development pathway. The immediate objective of the project is to assist the Government of Georgia in preparation of its Fifth National Communication (5NC) and First Biennial Transparency Report (1BTR) as a combined report to the UNFCCC in accordance with its commitments as a non-Annex 1 Party (as mandated by Article 4 and 12 of this Convention) and in line with Decision 17/CP.8, 5/CMA.3 and 18/CMA.1.

The project consists of five components:

1. National circumstances; institutional arrangements and support needed and received
2. National greenhouse gas inventory
3. Track Progress of NDC implementation including the assessment of domestic mitigation actions
4. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation/Adaptation Communication
5. Compilation, publication and submission of the combined 5NC/1BTR report, Knowledge management, Monitoring and Evaluation

Expected outputs of the project: the project will strengthen existing institutional arrangements for climate transparency and support the achievement of long-term targets aimed at addressing the impacts of climate change.

Donor and supporting organizations: Global Environmental Facility (GEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Implementing Agency: Environmental Information and Education Centre of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia

Contact person: Salome Pipia, project manager of the Environmental Information and Education Centre (E-mail: salome.pipia@eiec.gov.ge)