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 Georgia:
working to achieve a clean water supply for
all
Many
parts of Georgia still suffer from irregular water supply, with a
significant impact on lives and livelihoods in the towns and
villages affected. Now, with EU support, the taps are beginning to
run again, delivering clean water to homes More>>
 United
Agro Project: Highlights of Georgia’s 8 major agricultural
projects
Georgia’s
Agricultural Projects Management Agency (APMA), part of the Ministry
of Agriculture, has released the latest statistical data about the
United Agro Project, which includes a number of different
agricultural programmes launched More>>
 German
experts help create Spatial Arrangement Plan for
Georgia
German
experts will help Georgia to create an ambitious urban development
plan for the country. On 10 November 2016, representatives from
Georgia’s Ministry of Economy and the German Society for
International Cooperation (GIZ) signed More>>
 Eco
Green City project will start in Tbilisi in
2017
Georgia’s
capital Tbilisi will soon welcome a new green city that will be the
first of its kind in Eastern Europe. Georgia's state-owned
shareholding company, the Partnership Fund (PF), has teamed up with
Slovakian Gino Green City Corporation More>>
 Azerbaijani
and Georgian specialists receive climate modelling
training
The Clima
East Expert Facility has provided a series of training sessions on
the use of the SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) climate
modelling tool in Azerbaijan and Georgia. The training, delivered in
Baku and Tbilisi, aimed to work out a model More>>
 Azerbaijan
to increase share of renewable energy up to
20%
Azerbaijan
plans to increase the share of alternative and renewable energy
sources in the country’s energy balance from the current 16 percent
to 20 percent by 2020, said Rauf Gurbanov, deputy head of the
Department of Economy and More>>
 Bryza
praises Azerbaijan’s work in protecting Caspian
ecology
Azerbaijan
has done a great job in cleaning the Caspian Sea from oil, Matthew
Bryza, former US assistant secretary for South Caucasus and former
US ambassador to Azerbaijan, said in November. Bryza, the CEO oif
Lamor Turkey, who was also More>>
 16
Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign launched in
Azerbaijan
A
conference marking the launch of the 16 Days of Activism Against
Gender-Based Violence campaign to advocate the end of violence
against women and girls was held by the State Committee for Family,
Women and Children’s Affairs of the More>>
 Environmentally
Hazardous Hydropower Plants in Armenia to Shut
Down
All
environmentally hazardous small hydropower plants across Armenia
will be shut down. Armenia’s Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan gave
two weeks to relevant government bodies to assess the practicability
of building new hydropower plants More>>
 Civil
society organisations meet to build partnerships in
Armenia
The
EU-funded Strong Civil Society Organisations for a Stronger Armenia
project has reported on the project’s results in strengthening civil
society organisations, lessons learned and potential future
activities. The event on 7 November gathered More>>
 USAID
Completes Effort to Improve Social Protection System in
Armenia
More than
700,000 Armenians have access to an improved social safety net
thanks to the USAID-funded Pension Reform Implementation Programme
(PRIP), which marked the completion of its activities on 9 November.
The four-year program worked More>>
 Amulsar
Mine: It is absolutely unacceptable to endanger Lake Sevan for any
gold in the world
The
Amulsar gold mining project continues to receive criticism.
Environmental activists, geologists, and independent experts warn
that Lake Sevan and Armenia’s spring waters are being endangered by
the project. Lydian Armenia, the mining company More>>
 Target
set of US$1.5 billion per year to support climate
action
The World
Bank Group announced today a new plan to ramp up support for
countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to
confront the multiple threats of climate change. Over the next four
years, the More>>
 Nearly
50 countries vow to use 100% renewable energy by
2050
The 48
members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum made the decision while
attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakech,
Morocco. The Climate Vulnerable Forum was set up in 2009 and is made
up of countries that More>>
 Caucasian
and Central Asian countries join forces for sustainable
forestry
After
independence, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and
Uzbekistan struggled with the big task to build their own systems
leading forestry into sustainability. The problems and challenges
are diverse and often country specific. More>>
 Promoting
public participation and transparency in
biosafety
Genetically
modified crops are grown on some 450 million acres in over two dozen
countries, but there are also numerous countries that ban or
prohibit genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Even among countries
that prohibit GMO More>>
 Repurposed
Illegal Dumpsite Within WMTR and SFG
Programmes
On November 3, in the Village of
Karajala in Telavi Municipality, the area of a former illegal
dumpsite was afforested with 90 new trees. The area was cleaned by
the municipality beforehand, and the USAID-funded More>>
 Dumpsite
Cleared in the Village of Artana, Kakheti Within WMTR and SFG
Programmes
On
October 22–23, in the Village of Artana in Telavi Municipality, the
area of a former illegal dumpsite was cleaned-up by the
municipality. Following this, the USAID-funded Waste Management
Technologies in Regions program, implemented by More>>
 Training
for Journalists and Media Professionals - Environmental Policy and
Public Environmental Awareness
CENN
conducted a training at the Green Centre on November 10–11 for
representatives of media on the role of the media in environmental
policy-making and in enhancement of public environmental awareness.
The training was dedicated to the problems More>>
 CENN
Green Technology & Innovation Day at
TechPark
On
November 29, CENN hosted Green Technology and Innovation Day at
TechPark Georgia. Event aimed at raising awareness of environmental
issues throughout Georgia and introducing green technologies and
innovative approaches to the audience More>>
 Paris
Climate Agreement enters into force
The entry
into force of the Paris Climate Change Agreement is a turning point
in the international community’s battle to combat the threat of
climate change. It is a clear political signal that countries are
committed to decisive global action More>>
 GEF
Morocco agriculture project increases crop yields in face of
changing climate
In the
region around Settat, a city between Marrakesh and Casablanca, the
Global Environment Facility (GEF) financed the purchase of direct
seeding machines so that small farmers could seed without laboring
the soil. In a region impacted by More>>
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