On December 13, Ellie Martus, a co-fund fellow at the University of Warwick, visited ISET to talk about environmental state capacity in Georgia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. She presented an overview of her research, under the framework of which she is going to explore the capacity of Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, and Armenia to design, implement and enforce environmental policies.

On September 13, ISET hosted Farhad Taghizaden-Sesary, Professor of Economics at Waseda University, Tokyo, and Senior Assistant to the Dean of Asian Development Bank Institute. Dr. Taghizaden-Sesary delivered a lecture entitled Green Energy Finances.

წელს საქართველოს ელექტროენერგიის ბაზარზე მნიშვნელოვანი რეფორმები გატარდება. ასოცირების შესახებ შეთანხმებაზე ხელის მოწერამ და 2016 წლის ოქტომბერში ენერგეტიკულ გაერთიანებაში გაწევრიანებამ ქვეყანას დააკისრა ვალდებულება, ელექტროენერგიის ბაზარზე რეფორმები გაატაროს. ამიტომ 2018 წელი ელექტროენერგიის ბაზრისთვის გარდამტეხი წელი იქნება.

On February 19, Sandro Shelegia, an Associate Professor of Pompeu Fabra University, presented to the ISET community a study by Joshua Sherman and himself entitled “Bargaining at Retail Stores: Evidence from Vienna”.

Perhaps as an early Christmas gift to the international community rooting for a cross-sectoral solution on combatting climate change, HSBC has announced its commitment to establish the world’s first bond. As explained by HSBC themselves, the bond is closely linked to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Following seven selected SDG targets, HSBC will fund 1 billion USD through the bond and thus financially support projects set out to increase the sustainable well-being of communities and the environment.