Environment and Energy

While a tamada, the traditional master of ceremonies, is no novelty in the Georgian cultural context, taking the seat at the head table of the Energy Community’s Ministerial Council marks a first occasion in Georgia’s political and regulatory journey towards energy transition. But will this presidency move Georgia from participant to a true agenda-setter, or remain largely symbolic amid domestic challenges and current tensions with the EU? Can it become a genuine turning point after years of stalled reforms?

We announce a call for participation in the Green Laboratory Armenia 2023: Colonialism and the Environment.

Even though air pollution is responsible for thousands of deaths every year, most people in Georgia are unaware of current air pollution-related policies and remain uninformed about air quality in their residential area.

What is the relationship between ecological information and environmental crises? What role does scientific competence – or a lack thereof – play in ecological management and environmental policy?

The life of the small town of Chiatura and the surrounding villages entirely depends on manganese mining. At the same time, current practices of manganese extraction and processing are linked to drastic environmental and social impacts, abandoned and disappearing villages.

The aim of the Cooperation between Heinrich Boell Foundation, Tbilisi and Platforma.ge within the frames of the project „In the Search of Other Directions“ is to produce an alternative discourse and political imagination, which will effectively address the menaces and challenges that hinder building a just and equal society.

In 2021-2022 in frames of the cooperation project Supported by Heinrich Boell Foundation, Tbilisi, South Caucasus, Green Alternative   will monitor and analyze developments in land sector; priority will be given to reforms (and follow up actions) that have taken place during last years and assessment of their effectiveness;

(closed project) The aim of the cooperation project is to shoot a series of videos about the industrial cities of Georgia and show the social, economic and ecological costs that they have to pay for living in mineral-rich areas.