INITIAL NATIONAL COMMUNICATION UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
I. General information
What is the type of the document?:
National Strategy
Country:
Title of the programme/strategy:
INITIAL NATIONAL COMMUNICATION UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Title of the programme/strategy:
INITIAL NATIONAL COMMUNICATION UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Keywords:
Overview:
Georgian Parliament ratified in 1994 the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted by leaders of
158 states at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. So
Georgia took the obligation to the inventory of greenhouse gas
emissions and their abatement, the conduction of measures,
providing decrease of emission of these gases in the atmosphere
According to the rules of the Convention, within 3 years of
its joining to the UNFCCC, or the beginning of relevant financial
assistance, the country is to submit its National Communication to
the COP. For the fulfillment of this commitments to the Convention
the President of Georgia Mr. E. Shevardnadze approved in 1996 the
National Climate Change Program and, in spite of financial problems standing before the country,
allocated necessary financing to the year 2000. For the implementation of the Program the National
Climate Research Centre (NCRC) has been set up at the Department of Hydrometeorology. Despite of
the fact, that Georgia as a non-Annex 1 party, was not obliged to investigate the main trends of climate
change over its territory, this Program envisaged carrying out of research in that direction for the
specification on the regional level of general forecast for the global warming. The preparatory work
started without delay for the composition of initial National Communication – preliminary data base has
been prepared for the inventory of GHGs, the analysis has been carried out on the change of major
climatic elements – air temperature and atmospheric precipitation during the 20-th century, the relevant
trends were established for the different regions of Georgia, the preliminary assessments of vulnerability
were made for agriculture, water resources, coastal zone and natural ecosystems. At the same time,
according to the rules, established for the developing countries and economies in transition, the
Government of Georgia applied to the GEF for assistance in the preparation of this communication. By
this time, with the consideration of results of activities conducted in Georgia on this problem, a positive
decision was adopted by GEF in September 1996. On its basis activities on 2-year project “Enabling
Georgia to fulfil its commitments to the UNFCCC” started under the guidance of UNDP Country Office
in Georgia since March, 1997.
Background and rationale:
Problem driven research is foreseen in all sectors. It will be carried out by leading scientific and research institutions from Georgia.
II. Detailed information
Start date:
09/09/1999
Research policy priorities targeted:
Geographic coverage:
Georgia
Target group(s):
- Higher education institutions (education function)
- Higher education institutions research units/centres
- Other non-profit research organisations (not HEI)
- Other public education institutions (secondary, etc.)
- Others (please comment below
Target fields:
- Energy
- Environment (including Climate Change)
- Food and Agriculture
- Health
- Other (please comment below)
Overall budget of the programme:
N/A
IV. How to find out more
Information source:
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/climate/country_nar/georgia.html http://www.climatechange.telenet.ge/cdm_web/institutional.html http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/geonc1.pdf
Administering agency:
Government of Georgia
Date of submission:
09/11/2009 14:41