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This study provides information to be used to raise the ambition of Georgia's NDCs and to consider adaptation targets for the Black Sea coast of Georgia. The study also highlights how supporting a Blue Economy could accelerate the implementation of

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In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the relatively limited data available, the UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, through the Making Every Woman and Girl Count global programme, developed a rapid survey

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In May 2020, UN Women initiated online consultations with gender equality mechanisms from 14 countries (Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

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This publication provides an overview of key results achieved by UN Women in terms of COVID-19 response and recovery in its programme countries and territories in Europe and Central Asia between March and August 2020.

On 13 March 2020, the World Health

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The COVID-19 pandemic has created an epic economic crisis. The ILO predicts million jobs could be lost, with women particularly susceptible to lay-offs and job cuts.
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)
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The Georgian Ministry of Environment has initiated legal changes to ban crop residue burning. Enforcing such a policy, however, needs to be justified on economic and ecological grounds. For this purpose, an ecosystem service valuation study has been

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The Green Climate Fund (GCF), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Government of Switzerland, Georgia have kicked off a $70 million program that aims at protecting Georgia from any recurrence of the Tbilisi disaster.
Georgia Today
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On June 13, 2015, the Vere River flash floods caused catastrophic damage within the city limits of Tbilisi, Georgia. This publication analyses the physical-geographical and geo-ecological preconditions for the occurrence of the flash floods. Moreover, the


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