On 5 June Georgia's Black Sea port city of Batumi hosted a series of environmental events and activities to celebrate World Environment Day 2008. The UN Information Office (UNO) in Tbilisi in cooperation with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the non-governmental organization Green Way organized a campaign entitled "Change Your Lifestyle, not Climate!" to make people aware that climate change is not solely an environmental issue but a complex problem that threatens the global economy, agriculture, and human health.

Several activities took place on Batumi Boulevard such as a bicycle parade to promote healthy transportation, a children’s drawing competition and the symbolic decoration of an "Earth Cake", a huge cake in the shape of our planet. Children created banners with various kinds of environmental slogans and mottos like “Be a friend of nature, and nature will be a friend of you,” “Take care of the environment” and others.

The "Earth Cake" was decorated with high pollution emitting agents such as factories, cars and airplanes, which were then cut out by participants, symbolically freeing the earth from pollution. What remained were trees, bicycles and other environment-friendly objects.

Two films were screened and discussed in the Batumi Green Café: An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore (2006) and Stories from Racha by UNDP (2007).

Together with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) the UN Office (UNO) in Tbilisi informed the Georgian media about a new thematic fund for maternal health created to boost global efforts to reduce the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth. The fund, established by UNFPA in partnership with governments, UN organizations and other international partners, will help countries increase their access and use of quality maternal health services.

On 11 May 2008, the UN Office (UNO) in Tbilisi, Georgia, the United Nations Association of Georgia (UNAG) and the Group of Alumni’s of the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) hosted a National Model UN Conference.

Thirty-five students from Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Telavi and Batumi filled the conference room of the Parliament of Georgia for a mock conference of the UN General Assembly. The delegates achieved consensus on a resolution on the topic "environmental sustainability".

The UN Resident Coordinator in Georgia, Robert Watkins, said that this theme "which is directly related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), is very timely. We have reached the halfway mark to 2015, the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. There has been some progress, but there is still a long way to create a new approach to environmental sustainability, based on the nexus between the Millennium Development Goals and the challenge of global warming”.

The National Model UN Conference was preceded by Model UN sessions. The Model UN sessions were conducted in two phases, involving 235 delegates from 10 universities in Tbilisi and three other regions of Georgia (Kutaisi, Batumi, Telavi). The sessions were held at the universities and the best participants of the university sessions were selected for the National Model UN Conference. During the three-day National Model UN Conference, the students were immersed in their respective countries, delivering speeches, preparing draft proposals, negotiating with foreign or rival countries, and learning how to solve conflicts.

On 7 December, 2007 the Georgia UN House hosted a UN Media Club meeting on the Global Human Development Report, "Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world", which provides a stark account of the threat posed by global warming.

UNDP’s Program Analyst Mariam Shotadze briefed the journalists on the key findings of the Global Human Development Report.  UNDP’s Economic Team leader Sophie Kemkhadze provided information on the Human Development Index (HDI).

In addition, a documentary film on renewable energy project that is being implemented by the UNDP in the Racha region was aired.

The event was organized by the UNDPI/UNO together with the UNDP.  Along with the Club members, the meeting was attended by the printed and broadcast media representatives.  The event provided an excellent opportunity for UN and media representatives to gather in an informal setting.

Established in May 2006, the UN Media Club - a voluntary, informal club of journalists - is an interactive information exchange network to promote UN values.