Covid-19 has exposed many countries to severe healthcare and economic crises, which have disproportionally adversely affected the most vulnerable and low-income parts of society. The current pandemic crisis, however, has also brought some interesting opportunities to light.
For example, it has shown that relatively quick change is possible, as the unfolding of the COVID pandemic led to significant changes in working practices and individual behaviors, leading to dramatic reductions in greenhouse emissions around the world. Building on these experiences, ...
ISET Economist Blog
A blog about economics in the South Caucasus.
Dec
07
Mar
06
Georgian winter resorts have finally started their long-awaited season in February 2020, after a month and a half of poor snow. In our previous blog we discussed the possible climate change development scenarios over the rest of the century, and revealed the need for better understanding and implementation of adaptation measures. However, more still needs to be said about the expected effects of climate change on the economic viability of resorts and their possible adaptation strategies.
Figure 1 shows that, over the last 13 years, the average depth of s...
Feb
07
This year the winter season started later than usual in nearly all Georgian ski resorts (except Goderdzi) due to a lack of snow. Given the heated international discussions on climate change and global warming in recent years, the lack of snow in Georgian ski resorts has raised questions concerning the future economic viability of winter tourism in the country. This is hardly an unexpected development as even the World Tourism Organization recognizes that mountain tourism is especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change (UNWTO, 2015). Unforeseen ...
Jan
24
Did you know that:
• the 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years?
• average wildlife populations have dropped by 60% in just over 40 years (60% between 1970 and 2014)?
• every year, nearly 1 million hectares (larger than New York City) of coastal ecosystems are destroyed?
• in the past 20 years, 4.2 billion people have been affected by weather-related disasters, including a significant loss of lives?
These and other broader changes such as rising sea levels, accelerating ice melt, shifting seasons, etc. occurring on earth are...
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