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Another characteristic of the sectoral policies
reviewed is that most of the strategy documents
do not provide specific climate change adaptation
measures or activities, or only contain declarative
references to climate change/adaptation. This can
be explained by a lack of comprehensive, detailed
and locally applicable research on the issue. For this
reason, many strategy documents call for further
assessments and studies to be undertaken on climate
resilience and adaptation issues.
The table on the left presents an inventory of climate
change adaptation activities and existing references
to mountain regions and ecosystems in sectoral
policies in force in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
as of October 2015. It is worth noting that only
two strategy documents make specific reference to
climate change adaptation in mountain regions.
Buynuz, Azerbaijan
Observed
Scenarios
Temperature
Extreme temperature (+)
Precipitation
Extreme precipitation
Armenia
Increasing tren
Sources : Second National Communication of Azerbaijan, 2010;
Communication of Georgia, 2015; ENVSEC and UNDP, 2011.
A
M
A
M
A
M
Armenia*
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Overview of Presence of Climate Adaptation
and Mountain Regions in Current Sectoral Strategies
(Strategies under development or ones with expired term are not considered in the table)
National Environmental
Action Plan
Biodiversity
Water
Desertification
Forestry
Agriculture
Environment
Transport, Infrastructure,
Communication
Energy
Tourism
Industry
Human Health
Natural Disasters
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes**
Yes**
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yes
No
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes**
Yes**
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
N/A
N/A
No
No
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
N/A
N/A
No
No
- Adaptation in development strategies
- Mountain regions
A
M
Some actions/measures consider mountain regions, without explicitly stating this
as most of Armenia can be considered as mountainous
Mentioned in a single concept
*
**