*[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.



From: Eto Jincharadze
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2019 4:41 PM
Subject: [can-eecca] International conference in Tbilisi - "Nationally 
Determined Contribution (NDC) – Opportunities for Georgia"

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