Bonn - 10 November, 2017

G E O R G I A

Forty-seventh session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation

FIRST BIENNIAL UPDATE REPORT

O U T L I N E

Part I: Summary of BUR and recent development

National context

GHG inventory

Mitigation actions and effect

Barriers and support needed and received

Part III: Response to questions received

Part II: Experience and lessons learned in participating in the ICA process

The impact of ICA process on the climate actions at the domestic level

The role of BUR in domestic coordination & MRV

The added value of the technical analysis of BURs by the TTE

The role of ICA process in identification of capacity building needs

The role of technical analysis in development of country reporting system

Forty-seventh session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation

GEORGIA’S FIRST BIENNIAL UPDATE REPORT

Summary of BUR and Recent Development

Part I

N AT I O N A L C O N T E X T

Subtropical and ContinentalThe average annual temperature: 13.7 CThe average annual precipitation: 1,338 mm

GDP 16,508 million $GDP per capita: 4425.75 $FDI 1,758 million $

Population 3,730,000 in 2014

Climate

69,700 km2

A r e a

Forest area

40%

Agriculture area

37%Urban area

Rural area

Economic Profile

N AT I O N A L C O N T E X TInstitutional arrangements

Initial phase Data collection BUR

preparation and QC

QA Submission ICA Process

Government of Georgia

MoENRP

Project Board

EIEC / Project team

Ministries; Public Companies

Legal Entities; Private Companies

AD Providers External

Entity

UNFCCC Secretariat FSV

GEF

UNDP

G H G I N V E N TO R Y

Total GHG emissions: 16,391 Gg CO2 eq.

57% 18% 17% 8%

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MITIGATION ACTIONS AND EFFECTS

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NDC BAU

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Energy-credits for RE & EE projects

0.1%

CoM contribution;Biomass utilisation

6%

DESCRIPTION OF DOMESTIC MRV

Inter-ministerial Committee(recommending body)

NCs, BURs, GHG inventories, NDCs…

UNFCCC

QA Service

Reporting project

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Mitigation activities

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Measurement report

MoENRP(coordinating entity)

Mitigation MRV

Finance/Support report

MoF; Donors…

Support MRV

O B S TA C L E S A N D B A R R I E R S

Absence of legal framework for climate related data management

Limited number of long-term sectoral strategies and policies

Limited access to the data necessary for higher tier methods

S U P P O R T R E C E I V E D ( F i n a n c e , T e c h n o l o g y , C a p a c i t y B u i l d i n g )

S U P P O R T N E E D E D ( F i n a n c e , T e c h n o l o g y , C a p a c i t y B u i l d i n g )

Facilitate the technology transfer

Facilitation of local initiatives

Development of climate smart agriculture

Research in land use change

Development of financial schemes for priority economic niches

Forty-seventh session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation

GEORGIA’S FIRST BIENNIAL UPDATE REPORT

Experience and lessons learned in participating in the ICA process

Part II

PREPARING FOR THE ICA PROCESS

Added value

Permanent nature of GHG inventory

Multi-stakeholder, multi-level and multi-sector discussions

Stimulation of the mid and long term policy planning

Support the alignment of key sectoral policies and strategies

Enhance overarching national MRV systems

ENHANCING TRANSPARENCY OF REPORTING AND AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT

Dialogue with PartiesPlatform to communicate on achievements and envisaged steps

Accountability

Dialogue with TTE Transparency

Informing on national circumstances

Different visions on a particular issues

Summary Report Guiding nature

Immediate improvements

Long-term developments

Completeness

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GEORGIA’S FIRST BIENNIAL UPDATE REPORT

Response to questions received

Part III

RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RECEIVED

✓ Development of a questionnaire;

✓ Gathering the responses;

✓ Support the calculations on emissions;

Training on GHG inventory Practical work package

Key Findings

▪ Attract new generation in a climate field;

▪ Additional human resources for the project;

▪ Support the climate change labor market;

▪ Develop practice oriented study materials.

Students involvement in GHG inventory development

RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RECEIVED

Plans for reduction of uncertainty associated with GHG inventory

➢ Implement the statistical methods for improving the accuracy of AD;

➢ Determine the in-country emission factors;

➢ Enhance the data collection system.

Thank you very much for your attention!

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia

Tel: +995 32 272 72 62

W: moe.gov.ge

Kakhaberi Mdivani

E: k.mdivani@moe.gov.ge

Bonn, Germany- 10 October, 2017

Forty-seventh session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation