Climate change is one of the defining challenges facing the South Caucasus - affecting water availability, agricultural productivity, infrastructure and communities across all three countries. Responding to it effectively requires not just ambition but functioning technical systems: inventories that accurately measure emissions, frameworks that track progress against national commitments, and institutions with the capacity to report credibly to international bodies. REC Caucasus has spent over a decade building exactly that, working directly with the government teams responsible for delivering it.

In 2024, we finalised Georgia's First Biennial Transparency Report and Fifth National Communication to the UNFCCC - the most comprehensive climate reporting package Georgia has produced, covering the national GHG inventory, NDC implementation progress and climate finance tracking. In Azerbaijan, we operationalised a full national MRV system including an NDC tracking module, a climate finance component and a national GHG inventory database, and prepared the country's First Biennial Transparency Report in line with the Paris Agreement's Enhanced Transparency Framework. Both countries' reports were developed in full compliance with the requirements of the Enhanced Transparency Framework and its Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines.

On low-carbon development, we prepared and secured approval of a GEF/UNEP project to accelerate electric vehicle adoption and expand EV charging infrastructure across Azerbaijan - supporting the country's NDC targets and its transition toward a lower-carbon transport sector. In Kutaisi, we delivered two electric buses to the municipality as the first concrete step of a Low Emission Development Strategy developed jointly with the Asian Development Bank, and completed a feasibility study for a low-emission transport corridor connecting the city to the Sataplia Nature Reserve. We also continued preparing Georgia's next climate reporting cycle, completing the Project Preparation Grant for the CBIT 2 initiative, which will build on existing transparency systems to further strengthen Georgia's national climate reporting capacity.