*[Enwl-eng] [can-eecca] International conference in Tbilisi - "Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) – Opportunities for Georgia"
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On November 27, 2019, at the Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel in Tbilisi, the Green Movement of Georgia / Friends of the Earth organized an international conference "Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) – Opportunities for Georgia" within the framework of the project "Strengthening Civil Society in the implementation of national climate policy“.
The aim of the conference was to discuss Georgia's ambitious, Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) - a document currently being drafted by the state. The vision of civil society on the NDC document developed by the Greens Movement of Georgia in cooperation with the Civil Society Platform on National Climate Policy was presented and discussed at the conference. Georgia's commitments under the Paris Agreement and possible measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by sectors and relevant financial mechanisms were also discussed.
The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) reflects countries' commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, each country is developing an action plan that should reflect its own ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, taking into account the country's domestic circumstances and capabilities. The Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015 at the 21st Conference of Climate Change Parties (COP-21) in Paris. The agreement was signed by 195 countries at the time. Georgia joined the Paris Agreement in 2017 and it entered into force on 7 June of that year.
The Paris Agreement requires each Party to prepare, communicate and maintain successive Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that it intends to achieve. Parties shall pursue domestic mitigation measures, with the aim of achieving the objectives of such contributions.
Already in 2015, Georgia submitted to the Secretariat of the Convention on Climate Change an “Intended Nationally Determined Contribution” (INDC), before the 21st Conference of the Parties (which means before the adoption of the Paris Agreement).
According to the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) Georgia has made a commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 15% till 2030. The document also says that if the country receives financial assistance or technologies to tackle climate change, it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% instead of 15%.
At this stage, Georgia is preparing an updated version of the “Nationally Determined Contributions” document to be submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in the first half of 2020.
Representatives of non-governmental and governmental organizations, diplomatic corps and international foundations, foreign and Georgian experts participated in the conference.
The conference was held in the framework of the project "Strengthening Civil Society in the implementation of national climate policy“ implemented by the Greens Movement of Georgia/Friends of the Earth in cooperation with Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V. (BUND) and supported by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.
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