The 21st Energy Community Ministerial Council was held in Vienna, Austria, with the participation of Georgian First Deputy Minister for Environment Protection and Agriculture, Nino Tandilashvili.

The meeting participants discussed the 2023 report on the fulfilment of Energy Community obligations that should comply with the EU sectoral legislation.

Georgia ranks second in the report after Montenegro on the fulfilment of EU environment protection obligations and is ahead of other candidate countries.

Based on the report, Georgia made steps forward by adopting the Law on Industrial Emissions and achieved significant progress.

It was noted at the meeting that within the Energy Community, Georgia is the only country that has approved a long-term low-emission development strategy with the goal to accomplish climate neutrality by 2050.