Are you sure you want to print? Save the planet. Opt not to print.
United Nations Environment Programme
  • Overview
  • Background

                       Official launch of the Caucasus Environment Outlook 2.0

Register to join the event online here.

Introduction to the webinar

  • Moderator Mr. Laurent Fouinat (GRID-Arendal) 

Opening Remarks

Arnold Kreilhuber, Regional Director for Europe, UNEP

Barbara Böni, Regional Director, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Keynote speakers 

  • Joseph Salukvadze Professor from the Department of Human Geogrphy, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia. 
  • Arevik Hovsepyan - Director, Global Water Partnership, Armenia
  • Ekaterine Mikadze Senior Climate Change Officer, Asian Development Bank 
  • Tamara Mitrofanenko - Senior Expert on sustainable regional development, UNEP

Interactive session:

Audience engagement with a poll.

Panel discussion: 

  • Tatiana Rosen, Director at Conservation, X Labs
  • Gvantsa Salukvadze, Social Scientist at the Human Geography Department, Tbilisi State University
  • Nina Shatberashvili, Executive Director, Caucasus Network for Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions.
  • Natavan Jafarova, Senior scientific researcher, Institute of Geography, National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan.

Q&A 

Wrap up / Closing Remarks by UNEP

Hosts: GRID-Arendal, United Nations Environment Programme, Caucasus Network for the Sustainable Development of Mountain Regions (Sustainable Caucasus), University of Geneva.

Press release: Climate change caused Caucasus glaciers to retreat 600 metres, shrinking freshwater supplies - new UN report

Video: Mountains ADAPT: Advancing climate action in the South Caucasus

In 2024, COP29 of the UNFCCC will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, within the Caucasus region. This event presents a timely and crucial opportunity to highlight environmental changes and address the policy needs and gaps of the six countries within the Caucasus Ecoregion, with the goal of enhancing preparedness and mitigating the impacts of climate change on both society and the environment.

The second edition of the Caucasus Environment Outlook (CEO-2) emphasizes through its nine chapters the importance of regional environmental monitoring through a participatory and consultative approach. It explores the latest regional developments and environmental assessments in terms of population, urbanization, economic development, climate change, land cover, biodiversity, air quality, freshwater and cross-cutting issues, illustrating how policies can influence environmental outcomes and how environmental changes can, in turn, shape policy. The CEO-2 contains a wealth of information, maps and tables and is unique in involving researchers and the academic community from across the six Caucasus countries in its publication. The analysis of environmental trends takes into account various social, cultural, economic, environmental, and political factors, offering a cross-sectoral perspective.

The official launch of CEO-2 is intended to inform all stakeholders, including authors, reviewers, and funders, about its release and findings. The event will also aim to inform policymakers from the Caucasus countries, as well as broader audiences from the scientific community and practitioners within the region and beyond, about the publication's content and its recommendations.

The CEO-2 is a component of the “Strengthening the Climate Adaptation Capacities in the South Caucasus (SCAC)” supported by UNEP and funded by Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC). This publication is a joint effort by Sustainable Caucasus, GRID-Geneva, UNEP and GRID-Arendal and has been co-financed by Norway. 

Fresh Water
Did you know?
Freshwater makes up only 2 per cent of all water.

© 2024 UNEP Terms of Use Privacy Report Project Concern Report Scam Contact Us