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The findings of the study in Chapter 2: Analysis
of adaptation policies for vulnerable sectors be
summarised as follows (see also table on the right):
• None of the South Caucasus countries have
specially designated legal acts on climate change
(neither on mitigation nor on adaptation);
• All the countries made commitments to elaborate
NAPAs or National Adaptation Strategies;
• Development strategies and programmes of
the all countries in most cases, refer to climate
vulnerability; however, they do not consider
tangible adaptation measures;
• Environmental sectoral policy documents at best
have references to vulnerability to climate and
propose particular adaptation actions; especially
in biodiversity and forestry sectors. Moreover,
these two sectors do refer to mountain region/
ecosystem vulnerability to climate change;
• Agricultural policies of the all three countries
consider the need to increase the resilience of the
sector to climate change;
• Most of other sectoral policy documents do not
consider climate change adaptation as a priority;
however, some of them consider climate change
mitigation actions, e.g. in the energy sector;
• Most of the countries do not have specially
designed financial mechanisms for adaptation,
besides national budgetary and international funds;
• Most of the countries do have specific national
coordination mechanisms;
• All the countries share similar approaches to
stakeholder consultations, mostly defined by
Conclusions on analysis of adaptation policies for
vulnerable sectors
Observed climate
Observed
Temperature
Extreme temperature (+)
Precipitation
Extreme precipitation
Ar
Sources : Second National Communication
Observed climate
Observed
Ar
Analysis of the institutional framework for climate change adaptation
Special climate legal acts
−
−
Climate adaptation strategy/action
Mostly yes
Mostly yes
Mostly yes
Existence of adaptation strategy/action
No
Commitment to develop nation policies
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
No
No
−
−
−
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
N/A
N/A
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
−
Climate adaptation in development strategies
Climate adaptation in sectoral strategies
MoNP
MoENR
MoENRP
Environmental strategies
Agriculture strategies
Health strategies
Infrastructure/Transport strategies
Energy strategies
Tourism strategies
Natural Disasters strategies
Special financial mechanisms
for climate adaptation
Coordination mechanisms at governmental
level for climate adaptation
Common monitoring & evaluation mechanism
for climate adaptation
Designated authority for climate action
Stakeholder consultation mechanisms
Mostly yes
Mostly yes
N/A
Mostly yes
Mostly yes