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The countries of the South Caucasus are all party to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) as Non-Annex I countries.
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The Convention serves as an important platform for
international action on climate change mitigation and
adaptation. All three countries are mostly dependent
upon donor support for their climate actions, with
majority of activities focused on climate mitigation
measures, such as lowering greenhouse gas emissions,
developing renewable energy sources, and increasing
energy efficiency. The impacts of climate change,
however, continue to grow. Rising temperatures
and changing precipitation patterns are leading to
more frequent and intense weather events clearly
highlighting the need for immediate adaptation
measures in addition to mitigation.
Against this background, this sub-regional outlook has
been prepared to review and synthesize the existing
climate change adaptation responses in the South
Caucasus mountain region. This outlook was undertaken
in the context of the South Caucasus component of
the United Nations Environment Programme´s inter-
regional project “Climate Change Action in Developing
Countries with Fragile Mountainous Ecosystems from
a Sub-regional Perspective.”
Lake Göygöl, Azerbaijan