Georgia’s Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)

The Georgia’s Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) is a national policy document of Georgia for the period of 2021-2030. Its main goal is to support the sustainable and balanced development of the country, equally taking into consideration climate change, environmental and socio-economic challenges.
The nationally determined contribution of Georgia is as follows: an unconditional limiting target of 35 % below 1990 level of its domestic total greenhouse gas emissions by 2030; target of 50-57% of its total greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990; to continue studying its adaptive capacity of different economic sectors to the negative effects of climate change, as well as to plan and implement the respective adaptation measures by mobilising domestic and international resources for the sectors particularly vulnerable to climate change; to develop and operationalize the procedures and database for the archive system of the national anthropogenic emissions by national sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases by 2024; developing the country-specific emission factors and activity data, where available, in order to address the recommended methods (tier levels) for the key source categories in accordance with the IPCC 2006 guidelines; to develop QA as well as general and category-specific QC procedures for the estimation of levels of domestic anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases by 2024; to adopt application procedures for verification techniques for the domestic anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases and operationalize them via the national inventory reports of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases by 2024; By 2030, to mitigate the GHG emissions from the transport sector by 15% from the reference level; to support the development of low carbon approaches in the building sector, including public and touristic buildings through encouraging the climate-goals oriented energy efficient technologies and services; By 2030, to mitigate the GHG emissions from energy generation and transmission sector by 15% from the reference level; support the low carbon development approaches of the agriculture sector through encouraging the climate smart agriculture and agritourism; to support the low carbon development of the industry sector through encouraging the climate-friendly innovative technologies and services, in order to achieve 5% of emission limitations comparing to emissions projected by the reference scenario; to support the low carbon development of the waste sector through encouraging the climate-friendly innovative technologies and services and through effective implementation of separation practice and principles of circular economy; By 2030, to increase the carbon capturing capacity through the forestry sector by 10% compared to 2015 level; to assess the impact of climate change on coastal zone, mountain ecosystems and ecosystem services. In addition, Georgia intends to study the impact of climate change on glaciers, economic situation of the mountainous and coastal regions and livelihoods of the local population for the sustainable management of these regions; to develop adaptive capacity of the most vulnerable winter and coastal resorts; to assess and develop adaptive capacities for the agricultural productions that have the largest share in national GDP (e.g. grape, hazelnut, tangerine) and/or for domestic unique products (such as Georgian honey, non-timber forest products). This process will be implemented in accordance with assessing changes of climatic parameters and spread of infections in order to be ensured conservation of species and food security; to assess the impact of climate change on the availability of groundwater and surface water resources for sustainable use in agricultural (irrigation), energy production and dwelling purposes in a long-term perspective; to encourage the conservation of the species that are endemic, protected under the Red List, as well as indigenous species with a significant importance for food and agriculture; to study the most vulnerable areas of forest lands at the preselected territories; to assess the effects of climate change on human health through the interdisciplinary study of the relationships between social, economic, biological, ecological and physical systems; and to facilitate the measures supporting the reduction of losses and damages caused by extreme weather events.