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Tbilisi Air Quality Monitoring: Hourly Readings and a Duty to Plan

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Claims, one by one

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Claim 1 clm-0aafa31be893def3 descriptive
Georgia's National Environmental Agency measures Tbilisi's air around the clock
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What the mapping says
The agency states that its automatic stations monitor air pollutants continuously, 24 hours a day.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. National Environmental Agency — Monitoring Network (air.gov.ge)
Claim 2 clm-fdf25133330cf556 quantitative
Since 2016 automatic stations have replaced the old non-automatic ones in the capital
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What the mapping says
The agency dates the switch from non-automatic to automatic stations in Tbilisi to 2016.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

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  1. National Environmental Agency — Monitoring Network (air.gov.ge)
Claim 3 clm-edbb5a386badbe1c quantitative
the agency now runs five of them, on Tsereteli, Kazbegi, Aghmashenebeli and Marshal Gelovani avenues and in Varketili 3
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What the mapping says
A 2026 report on agency data names the five automatic stations in Tbilisi: Tsereteli Avenue, Kazbegi Avenue, Varketili 3, Aghmashenebeli Avenue and Marshal Gelovani Avenue.
Caveat
The count comes from a press report of agency data; the 2023 independent assessment counted four automated stations in Tbilisi.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. DFWatch — Which Tbilisi district has the most polluted air?
Claim 4 clm-5bcd6baa59853ae7 descriptive
alongside passive samplers placed four times a year
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What the mapping says
The agency says passive sampling has been carried out four times a year since 2015.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

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  1. National Environmental Agency — Monitoring Network (air.gov.ge)
Claim 5 clm-1b9e6ee3026951bd descriptive
Hourly readings appear on the national portal air.gov.ge with a ten-minute delay
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What the mapping says
The portal's own explanation says hourly data is displayed with a ten-minute delay.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. National Environmental Agency — Air Quality Index (air.gov.ge)
Claim 6 clm-96670887348c1d99 quantitative
Since a 2020 amendment to the Law on Ambient Air Protection, levels above a legal limit oblige the environment ministry to draw up an air quality management plan with the municipalities concerned
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What the mapping says
Article 44¹ of the amended law: where levels in a zone or agglomeration exceed limit values, the ministry, in agreement with the municipalities concerned, draws up an air quality management plan. The amending law is dated 22 May 2020.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Legislative Herald of Georgia — Amendment to the Law on Ambient Air Protection (N5948)
Claim 7 clm-bd3dd757d0164fad descriptive
the risk of crossing an alert threshold obliges a short-term action plan
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What the mapping says
Article 44²: where there is a risk that levels will exceed one or more alert thresholds, the ministry draws up a short-term action plan.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

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  1. Legislative Herald of Georgia — Amendment to the Law on Ambient Air Protection (N5948)
Claim 8 clm-7f43ef81dcce27ff descriptive
it labels the station readings as not verified
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What the mapping says
The portal states that data from the automatic stations is not verified and that verified data is in the reports.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. National Environmental Agency — Air Quality Index (air.gov.ge)
Claim 9 clm-2c503f6c1c25e992 quantitative
an independent assessment in 2023 found annual reports published only up to 2017
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What the mapping says
The assessment, written by a Czech air-quality specialist for the NGO Arnika, states that as of May 2023 annual reports were available only up to 2017 and that the links for later years were broken.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Arnika — Assessment of the state air quality monitoring in Georgia (J. Brzezina)
Claim 10 clm-443a6192849c3ffa quantitative
In September 2024 the government adopted a 2024–2026 air quality management plan for the Tbilisi agglomeration, developed with support from the European Union and Tbilisi City Hall
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What the mapping says
The report, citing the environment ministry, says the government adopted the revised plan and that it was developed with support from the European Union and Tbilisi City Hall.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Georgia Today — Government approves 2024-2026 air quality management plan for Tbilisi
Claim 11 clm-552d5513755428ec quantitative
in 2025 the annual average of nitrogen dioxide exceeded the legal limit at 12 monitoring points in Tbilisi
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What the mapping says
The report, based on National Environment Agency data, gives the 2025 nitrogen dioxide exceedances.
Caveat
Monitoring points include passive samplers as well as automatic stations.

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  1. DFWatch — Which Tbilisi district has the most polluted air?
Claim 12 clm-aba7d45105d46b8e quantitative
the Tsereteli Avenue station recorded 26 daily PM10 exceedances between January and May 2026, 13 of them, the agency says, caused by weather patterns and desert dust
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What the mapping says
The report gives 26 exceedances of the 24-hour PM10 limit on Tsereteli Avenue and the agency's attribution of 13 days to weather patterns and desert dust.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. DFWatch — Which Tbilisi district has the most polluted air?
Claim 13 clm-a5a43545b2240f11 quantitative
the Public Defender reported in 2019 that Tbilisi City Hall had identified no cases of air pollution from construction and imposed no sanctions for it since 2015
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What the mapping says
The Public Defender's statement on its February 2019 special report quotes the finding, based on City Hall's own reply covering 2015–2018.
Caveat
City Hall's supervision service replied that it lacked authority to examine the situation outside construction sites.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Public Defender of Georgia — Public Defender Responds to Tbilisi Municipality's Statement
Claim 14 clm-9ea42493f852f757 descriptive
both consequences are plans that the government approves
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What the mapping says
The law has the government approve the short-term action plan on the ministry's submission; the management plan is likewise drawn up by the ministry rather than triggered as an action.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Legislative Herald of Georgia — Amendment to the Law on Ambient Air Protection (N5948)
Claim 15 clm-b44cef1f1066c0bb quantitative
by a civil-society brief's account, the State Audit Office concluded in 2018 that the measures against transport pollution in Tbilisi in 2016–2017 did not address the country's challenges
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What the mapping says
The policy brief quotes the State Audit Office's 2018 report on the efficiency of activities against ambient air pollution in Tbilisi from the transport sector in 2016–2017.
Caveat
The audit report itself is cited here through the brief, not read directly.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Open Society Georgia Foundation — Ambient Air Pollution in Georgia: Challenges of European Integration (policy brief)
Claim 16 clm-ec85d7a315a895eb descriptive
the Public Defender found no construction-dust sanctions
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What the mapping says
See the impact claim: the Public Defender reported no sanctions for construction dust pollution since 2015.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Public Defender of Georgia — Public Defender Responds to Tbilisi Municipality's Statement
Claim 17 clm-194004c6ec0e419b quantitative
the 2023 assessment recommended replacing years of unverified historical data with verified data
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What the mapping says
The assessment notes that all downloadable historical data is labelled 'not verified data', even if several years old, and recommends proper validation.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Arnika — Assessment of the state air quality monitoring in Georgia (J. Brzezina)

Source dossiers and revision state

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
National Environmental Agency (LEPL of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia), which runs the stations and the air.gov.ge portal; the Tbilisi agglomeration management plan is a government decision developed with Tbilisi City Hall
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national-government, city-government
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8 source dossiers

National Environmental Agency — Monitoring Network (air.gov.ge) air.gov.ge · 3 linked claims

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src-681681048b00a06f
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Name not classified · air.gov.ge
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web-page · language not classified
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The agency's description of its network: automatic stations replaced non-automatic ones in Tbilisi from 2016, further stations were added in Tbilisi and Rustavi in 2019 and in eight cities through 2023, automatic stations measure 24 hours a day, and passive sampling has run four times a year since 2015.

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National Environmental Agency — Air Quality Index (air.gov.ge) air.gov.ge · 2 linked claims

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Name not classified · air.gov.ge
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The portal's explanation of its index: hourly data is displayed with a ten-minute delay, data from the automatic stations is not verified, and verified data is published in the reports.

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DFWatch — Which Tbilisi district has the most polluted air? dfwatch.net · 3 linked claims

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Name not classified · dfwatch.net
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2026-06-15
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2026-06-16
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Report on National Environment Agency data: five automatic stations in Tbilisi (Tsereteli, Kazbegi, Varketili 3, Aghmashenebeli, Marshal Gelovani); Tsereteli Avenue exceeded the 24-hour PM10 limit 26 times from January to May 2026, 13 of them attributed by the agency to weather patterns and desert dust; the annual average of nitrogen dioxide exceeded the legal limit at 12 monitoring points in Tbilisi in 2025.

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Legislative Herald of Georgia — Amendment to the Law on Ambient Air Protection (N5948) matsne.gov.ge · 3 linked claims

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Name not classified · matsne.gov.ge
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2020-05-22
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The amending law adds Article 44¹ (an air quality management plan whenever levels in a zone or agglomeration exceed limit values) and Article 44² (a short-term action plan when there is a risk of exceeding an alert threshold, approved by the government on the ministry's submission).

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Georgia Today — Government approves 2024-2026 air quality management plan for Tbilisi georgiatoday.ge · 1 linked claim

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2024-09-16
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News report that the government adopted the revised 2024–2026 air quality management plan for the Tbilisi agglomeration, developed with support from the European Union and Tbilisi City Hall.

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Arnika — Assessment of the state air quality monitoring in Georgia (J. Brzezina) arnika.org · 2 linked claims

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Assessment by a Czech air-quality specialist for the NGO Arnika: four automated stations in Tbilisi among seven in the country, monitoring in a 24/7 regime, threshold values in line with the EU; as of May 2023 annual reports were available only up to 2017, and all historical data is labelled 'not verified data'. Recommends proper validation.

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Public Defender of Georgia — Public Defender Responds to Tbilisi Municipality's Statement ombudsman.ge · 2 linked claims

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Name not classified · ombudsman.ge
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2019-02-27
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The Public Defender defends its special report on air pollution against City Hall's criticism; it states that Tbilisi City Hall had not identified cases of air pollution caused by construction and had imposed no sanctions for it since 2015.

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Open Society Georgia Foundation — Ambient Air Pollution in Georgia: Challenges of European Integration (policy brief) csf.ge · 1 linked claim

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Civil-society policy brief (Green Alternative for the Open Society Georgia Foundation). It reports the State Audit Office's 2018 finding that measures against transport air pollution in Tbilisi in 2016–2017 did not address the country's challenges.

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