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style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1">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“.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1">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.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1"></SPAN> </P>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1">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.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial">The
Paris Agreement requires each Party</SPAN><SPAN
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</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial">to
prepare, communicate and maintain successive Nationally Determined Contributions
(NDCs) that it intends to achieve</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1">.
<SPAN
style="background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial">Parties
shall pursue domestic mitigation measures, with the aim of achieving the
objectives of such contributions.</SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1"></SPAN> </P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1">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).<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: 'GEO/KAT'"
lang=GEO/KAT></SPAN> </P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: 'GEO/KAT'"
lang=GEO/KAT>According to the Intended <SPAN
style="background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial">Nationally
Determined Contributions </SPAN>(INDC)<SPAN
style="background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial">
</SPAN>Georgia has made a commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by
15% till 2030. </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1">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%.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1"></SPAN> </P>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1">At
this stage, Georgia is preparing an updated version of the “<SPAN
style="background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial">Nationally
Determined Contributions”</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-ansi-language: 'GEO/KAT'">
</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1">document
to be submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in the first
half of 2020.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1">Representatives
of non-governmental and governmental organizations, diplomatic corps and
international foundations, foreign and Georgian experts participated in the
conference.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1">The
conference was held in the framework of the project "Strengthening Civil Society
in the implementation of national climate policy“ implemented by the <SPAN
style="background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial">Greens
Movement of Georgia/Friends of the Earth </SPAN>in cooperation with Bund für
Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V. (BUND) and supported by the
<I><SPAN
style="background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial">Federal
Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear
Safety.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></I></SPAN></P><SPAN
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=eto.jincharadze@gmail.com href="mailto:eto.jincharadze@gmail.com">Eto
Jincharadze</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 02, 2019 4:41 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [can-eecca] International conference in Tbilisi -
"Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) – Opportunities for Georgia"</DIV>
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