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04.09.2023

Tbilisi’s transport policy conundrums: between resolution and resistance

In 2018, Tbilisi authorities set out to decrease the city’s car dependency, reduce traffic jams, improve air quality and develop better infrastructure for walking and cycling. But despite investment from the EBRD and ADB, there has been little improvement.
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03.08.2023

The Georgian Road to Russia: when everything goes south

The North-South Corridor, widely promoted by international financial institutions, aims to facilitate the transport of goods as the ‘only land access to the Russian Federation’, as well as to Iran, Armenia and Azerbaijan, running through Georgia.
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31.07.2023

Outstanding trends and possible causes of electricity consumption in Georgia in the last 10 years

Since 2016, consumption has started to grow, coinciding with the development of the cryptocurrency mining industry [from 9.09 billion kWh in 2016 to 9.87 billion kWh in 2017].
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26.06.2023

Drastic negative impacts of small and middle size hydropower plants

Tens of middle and small-size hydropower plants have been built in Georgia for the last decade.
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17.05.2023

Public protests against Namakhvani Hydropower Plant: key issues and unanswered questions

In recent years, the protest rally against the Namakhvani hydropower plant for saving the Rioni Valley has become the largest, most long-lasting, and most widespread movement in Georgia.
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04.04.2023

Help Green Alternative protect Georgia’s environment and affected communities' rights

Green Alternative is leading environmental watchdog group in Georgia working on environmental and social justice issues. By making a much needed donation you will join Green Alternative’s efforts to protect the environment,
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13.03.2023

EBRD funds channelled to Kremlin affiliates: Why the purchase of Tbilisi metro cars from a Russian company should not proceed as planned

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is providing funding to Tbilisi City Hall to purchase metro cars for the Georgian capital’s metro system from Russian company Metrowagonmash. But Metrowagonmash is not just any Russian company.
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07.10.2022

Tbilisi’s public transport woes and faltering reforms

Residents of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi have been struggling with the city’s beleaguered public transport network, related air pollution, road congestion and inadequate access to schools and workplaces for years. In the past decade, Tbilisi authorities with the involvement of international financial institutions, set out to improve the situation. Today however, despite the availability of funds, most of the old problems persist.
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01.11.2021

Paving over paradise Khada Valley, Georgia

What were once iconic views of Georgia’s beautiful Khada Valley are slowly disappearing. Now, when you drive up the damaged road towards a narrow, 12-kilometre-long gorge, also known as the ‘valley of 60 towers’, the first thing you see is no longer the famous tower of Iukho village. Instead, a massive, white and blue metal construction site appears.

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