Environmental Protection and Sustainable Develoment

Ecology and sustainable development are among the important issues Heinrich Boell Foundation Tbilisi Office - South Caucasus Region concentrates on. Together with our partners we monitor and analyze recent developments in the field of energy, environmental protection and climate change.

Green Lab Armenia 2019

The American University of Armenia Acopian Center for the Environment and Heinrich Boell Foundation Yerevan South Caucasus Yerevan Office announce a call for participation in Green Lab - 2019. Read in Armenian

Publication

Green Library: Contemporary Discussions Around Ecology and Sustainability

Publication "Green Library: Contemporary Discussions Around Ecology and Sustainability" in a collection of translated articles on the following issues: values of Green movement, discussion around the Green economy, critics of development from the eco-feminist perspective and notion of social ecology.

Social Links

Energy Poverty - Guidance for Public Discourse and State Policy in the time of Reform

In 2018, the organization World Experience for Georgia (WEG) with support of the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation implements project "Energy Poverty - Guidance for Public Discourse and State Policy in the time of Reform". The main goal of the project is to provide the factual basis, logical framework and recommendations for state policy and public discourse on energy poverty issues.

The Eventful Turn: Baku and Mega-Event Led Urban Changes

In a post-industrial era where cities across the globe have taken an entrepreneurial approach to urban territorial management, mega-events have become a prominent part of urban policies (Harvey, 1989). The Olympics and the Formula 1 World Championship are examples of internationally-significant mega-events, typically with an abundance of visitors and global media audiences of billions.

By David Gogishvili

The European Energy Union and Reforms in Energy Sector of Georgia

The publication presents a collection of articles prepared in the frameworks of the project "European Energy Community and Reforms in Energy Sector of Georgia" by World Experience for Georgia (WEG) with financial support of the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation.

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Green Fest - Green Political Festival (2016-2017)

(closed project) Since 2016, the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation has been supporting Georgian Young Greens to organize Green Political Festival. "Green Fest" aims to spread green values within the youth, increase their political activism and participation and debate the most acute challenges of the country.

Projects

Sustainable Energy Academy (2016)

(closed project) The Acopian Center for the Environment (AUA) in cooperation with hbs organized the Sustainable Energy Academy to create a community of students and young professionals in Armenia who will be equipped to promote and implement sustainable energy solutions at building, district/community, and national levels.

Green Ideas for Georgia’s Progressive Development (2016)

(closed project) The Centre for Cultural Relations – Caucasian House in cooperation with the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, in 2016, implemented a project Green Ideas for Georgia’s Progressive Development. The project, through critical assessment and utilization of European experience, aimed to contribute to rethinking the principles of sustainable development and strengthening Green socio-political agenda in Georgia.

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Articles

Politics of Climate Change in Armenia: Commitments and Expectations from the International Climate Negotiations

Armenia has already reported evidence of climate change, having documented a 1.1^oC increase in the average summer temperature and a 10% reduction in average precipitation over the past 80 years.

By Astghine Pasoyan and Diana Harutyunyan

Radical Goals for Sustainable Development

Barbara Unmüßig, Co-President of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, contributed to Project Syndicate by demanding radical goals for sustainable development to succeed the United Nations' Millenium Development Goals.

By Barbara Unmüßig

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Public Debates on Sustainable Development

June 13: Lessons Learned

On June 16, 2016, the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation hosted public debate "June13: Lessons Learned".

Green Activism for the Environment

That topics about the environmental are not very popular in Georgian society became clear during the discussion on the topic “Green activism for the environment”.

All public debates on "Sustainable Development"