EU-Georgia cooperation on environmental security during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021)
The article examines the main areas of environmental cooperation between the European Union and Georgia during the global pandemic COVID-19. The authors analyze the dynamics of environmental cooperation between the parties in 2020-2021 and highlight the areas of cooperation most affected by restrictive measures, quarantine, border closures and transport interruptions. At the same time, the authors note that cooperation between the EU and Georgia during the COVID-19 pandemic has not only not been halted, but has also been boosted in a number of areas, for example, in fundamental ecology and in some interdisciplinary fields (microbiology, environmental medicine). The conclusion is that EU-Georgian environmental cooperation is becoming an increasingly important element of environmental security in the South Caucasus.