“Georgia stays committed to continuing intensive reforms for the better protection of the environment and biodiversity, and meeting its national and international climate goals,” Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated in his video address to Lifestyle for the Environment—LiFE Movement, an international environmental protection forum held in India.
The PM “strongly” believes that all together “we can achieve our common goal and save our planet.”
Garibashvili pointed out that major reforms have been carried out recently in the ambient air protection field to improve air quality throughout the country.
“To strengthen the environment-related governance systems in the country, Georgia has improved its environmental assessment systems and introduced more effective public participation mechanisms at the earliest possible stage of the environmental decision-making process.
Georgia welcomes and fully supports this global initiative timely introduced by His Excellency Narendra Modi which promotes an environmentally conscious lifestyle that focuses on the principle of mindful and deliberate utilization. In this regard, we have already taken significant steps to fulfil our international commitments, as well as obligations under the EU-Georgia Association Agreement.
Georgia is one of the few countries worldwide where national parks are a genuine high-level national priority embodied in national policies and strategies. National parks of Georgia have experienced a significant increase, and nowadays it covers almost twelve percent of our territory,” the PM stated.
In his remark, Garibashvili noted that to address the negative consequences of climate change, Georgia, in accordance with the Paris Agreement, has updated a nationally determined contribution document, which sets a new 2020 climate change strategy and an action plan for mitigation measures.
