✍️Comprehensive piece by National Geographic about #Rioni and threats from #NamakhvaniHPP: A new hydropower project planned for the Rioni River in the country of Georgia could wipe out extremely rare #sturgeons that still spawn there. ➡nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl… Pearly Lalnunhlimi Jacob Douglas Main 👍

💦Namakhvani hydropower project in 🇬🇪Georgia poses a danger to the Rioni river’s🌱wildlife, critically endangered 🐟sturgeons especially. 🗞See the latest @nationalgeographic article by Pearly Lalnunhlimi Jacob for more: on.natgeo.com/3eqeEgV

Turkish construction firm Enka Renewables has terminated its contract with the Georgian government to build an $800 million hydropower plant in western Georgia, Turkish media has reported. #NamakhvaniHPP #NotoNamakhvani oc-media.org/construction-o…

#StandwithUkraine #სოლიდარობაუკრაინას

🟢🚌მეგობრებო, თუ თბილისის საქალაქო ტრანსპორტს იყენებთ, გთხოვთ, მიიღოთ ჩვენს კვლევაში მონაწილეობა და გაგვიზიაროთ თქვენი გამოცდილება. 🟩კითხვარის შესავსებად სულ რაღაც 10-15 წუთი დაგჭირდებათ. კითხვარი ანონიმურია. #თბილისი #Tbilisi #ტრანსპორტი 🚃bit.ly/37TCdio

In Tbilisi, the average interval between buses is⌚️18min - with no improvement in the past 4 years! The The EBRD & Asian Development Bank supporting the city transport revamp should find out why, despite the availability of funds, planned reforms are far behind schedule. bankwatch.org/story/tbilisi-…

In a survey by Green Alternative, 70% of ♀️ respondents aged 18-35 said they had experienced unwelcome sexual advances in Tbilisi public🚍. The EBRD & Asian Development Bank must ensure assessment and prevention of gender-related risks in the public transport reform they support bit.ly/3LVHzt4

💰Despite the availability of funds to reform Tbilisi🇬🇪 public transport, issues linked to overcrowding, air pollution and congestion persist. 🗞️Asian Development Bank issued funding for #SustainableMobility plan development in 2018, but its completion is not in sight. bankwatch.org/publication/ur…

Happy holidays from all of us at Green Alternative! Thank you for your support in 2022. Next year, to protect 🇬🇪 #environment, we look forward to further strengthening our cooperation with you – our long-standing partners & supporters, local groups & communities across #Georgia

⭕️The draft law on foreign agents, endorsed by the ruling Georgian Dream party, aims to curb dissent and further shrink space for civil society by labeling, stigmatizing and vilifying independent media and civil society groups. #norussianlaw Link >> bit.ly/3EI12e6

The The EBRD is helping Tbilisi pay for new metro cars from a 🇷🇺 company linked with the Kremlin and its defence industry! We urge the Bank to terminate the contract and find an alternative supplier! Read the🧵👇 bankwatch.org/blog/ebrd-fund…

After 4 years of waiting, a draft Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for Tbilisi is finally set to be launched this spring! 🌿To make Tbilisi green & healthy, The EBRD Asian Development Bank and the City Hall should ensure that public hearings start ASAP and are truly inclusive! #Cities4Health

Civil society groups in #Georgia urge Oliver Varhelyi to make public the interim spring assessment on the country's progress in implementing European Commission's 12 recommendations for receiving #EU candidacy status this fall. greenalt.org/en/civil-socie…

🚌🇬🇪The The EBRD invested EUR 230 million to reform #Tbilisi public transport, but issues persist: ⌚️Overcrowded, unreliable service 👭No measures to tackle sexual harassment and discrimination 🔎Limited transparency More in our #EBRDam briefing: bankwatch.org/wp-content/upl…

Tbilisi residents call on the The EBRD and Tbilisi City Hall to terminate the contract for purchasing metro cars with the Kremlin-linked Russian supplier. Join their call to action here: chng.it/ysnJYr2P

In this investigative story, მთის ამბები reports how Georgian Manganese, extractive company, and the state have conspired to devastate Chiatura, western 🇬🇪n city. Here locals are losing their health, homes and even lives to unchecked manganese extraction rb.gy/hnohm

🚕🚲🚎გაგვიზიარეთ თქვენი შეხედულებები თბილისის სატრანსპორტო პოლიტიკისა და რეფორმების შესახებ! 🟢ჩვენი კითხვარი ანონიმურია და მიზნად ისახავს სატრანსპორტო რეფორმების პარალელურად, თბილისის მაცხოვრებლების გამოცდილებისა და მოსაზრებების კვლევას. forms.gle/u47RFmwwD42sdt…

1/🧵In 2018, #Tbilisi authorities set out to decrease the city’s car dependency, reduce traffic jams, improve air quality and develop better🚴‍♀️infrastructure. Despite investment from the The EBRD & Asian Development Bank, there has been little improvement. What’s gone wrong? bankwatch.org/story/tbilisi-…