RT Report
T1 Outlook on Climate Change Adaptation in the South Caucasus Mountains
T2 Mountain Adaptation Outlook Series
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 Sustainable Caucasus, 
A2 Shatberashvili, Nina
A2 Rucevska, Iva
A2 Jørstad, Hanne
A2 Artsivadze, Kakha
A2 Mehdiyev, Bakhruz
A2 Aliyev, Mahir
A2 Fayvush, George
A2 Dzneladze, Malkhaz
A2 Jurek, Martin
A2 Kirkfeldt, Trine
A2 Semernya, Liubov
K1 highland
K1 mountain ecosystem
K1 environmental impact assessment
K1 environmental monitoring
K1 environmentally hazardous activity
K1 Armenia
K1 Azerbaijan
K1 Georgia
SN 978-82-7701-149-3
YR 2015
FD 2015
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32117
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32117
NO This report assesses climate change adaptation in the South Caucasus mountains across Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. It synthesizes observed warming, shifting precipitation, and rising hazards—floods, landslides, droughts—and maps risks to forests, water resources, agriculture, energy, tourism, and public health. It reviews policies and financing, finding early-stage, fragmented frameworks, weak coordination, limited data, and capacity shortfalls, especially in mountain regions. The report highlights case evidence from the Rioni River basin and identifies gaps alongside practical measures: ecosystem-based approaches, disaster risk reduction, information systems, regional cooperation, and stronger monitoring and evaluation to guide adaptation investments and protect vulnerable mountain communities.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 23, 2026