Under the Paris Agreement, countries develop climate pledges – Nationally Determined Contributions – to help tackle global warming. EU is at the forefront of international efforts to fight climate change, with the current target to achieve 55% of GHG reductions by 2030 EU-wide; and to become carbon neutral by 2050. EU is closely working with…
An EU4Climate regional workshop in Brussels, on April 26, 2023, gathered 46 representatives of UNDP, EU and Eastern Partner (EaP) governments to exchange ideas on mainstreaming climate policies, finances, and legislation with the aim to support low-carbon development. EaP countries face high vulnerability to the harmful effects of climate change, while natural disasters are becoming…
The Climate Street Art in Kaspi and Tbilisi, Georgia is sending the message “We do not have planet B!” to everyone who cares about our planet and its green, safe, and sustainable future. Schoolchildren from the Kaspi Gymnasium and Tbilisi Public School 145 celebrated Mother Earth Day and used the walls of their school buildings…
The United Nations Development Programme, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, European Union and the Green Climate Fund held the School Symposium on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation measures to encourage youth to take climate action. BAKU. 18 April 2023: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural…
The Republic of Moldova will gradually reduce, starting 1 January 2024, the import and consumption of fluorinated greenhouse gases and will replace them with natural cooling agents, according to the previsions of the new law on fluorinated greenhouse gases, voted in the final reading by the Parliament. The law was developed with the support of…
Experiences of national approaches to climate adaptation – a regional workshop organised by the EU4Climate project on national adaptation strategies and plans took place in Warsaw, Poland on 4 April 2023, to support policymakers and technical officials in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries in adaptation policy making. 43 representatives (in person and online) of governments…
The Environmental Security and Climate Change Adaptation Strategy of Ukraine until 2030 developed with the support of the EU4Climate will contribute to the delivery of Ukraine’s international obligations under the Paris Agreement. Endorsed by the Ukrainian government, the new strategy is to make Ukraine a more environmentally safe and climate-resilient country, ready to meet the…
Climate change creates a vicious cycle of environmental challenges, social injustice and inequality that affects people and the environment. The art exhibition #LandscapesOfTheInvisible showcases how our world gets destroyed by climate-induced disasters, pollution and unsustainable management of natural resources, and how the hidden, but acute impacts of climate change affect the most vulnerable – women,…
With EU4Climate support, a new Program on Energy Saving and Renewable Energy for 2022-2030 for Armenia has been developed and adopted by the Government in March 2022, in line with Armenia’s Energy Sector Development Strategic Program to 2040. The new Program aims to improve energy efficiency in the economic sector in the next ten years,…
Within the “EU4Climate” project, the Environment Agency Austria (EAA, Umweltbundesamt) has developed a “Concept for improving air quality monitoring in Armenia” based on requirements arising from the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia. For this purpose, the analyses of the legal framework in Armenia for environmental…