Protected Areas as natural solutions to climate change Can
nature help us face climate change? This scoping study by IUCN
Caucasus Cooperation Centre aims to better identify the role of
protected areas in climate change action and show concrete
opportunities for natural, cost-effective solutions to climate
change in Georgia. Protected areas play a vital role in
contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation, both
on global and local scales. However, their role in responding to
climate change is currently insufficiently recognized in the
development of national strategies and policies in Georgia. This
national scoping study has been conducted in the framework of
the project “Natural Solutions to Climate Change: the Role of
Protected Areas” funded by GIZ, German International
Cooperation, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the
Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).
Relevant IUCN guidelines have been compiled, adapted and used to
train national and local protected area sta