Moldova has adopted or is developing a number of important national documents reflecting the integration of energy and climate policy issues. In its second NDC, the Republic of Moldova raised its ambition to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 70 percent below its 1990 level in 2030, instead of 64-67 percent as committed in NDC1. NDC2…
Georgia unconditionally commits to reducing the national greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to 35 percent of its 1990 baseline level by 2030. Measuring, reporting, and verifying (MRV) of emissions is crucial to understanding the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions sources and trends and developing mitigation programs. To help decision-makers determine the appropriate approach to enhance the national…
On March 24, the Government of Armenia, approved the “Energy Saving and Renewable Energy Programme 2022-2030”, at the same time launching the first stage of the Program implementation for 2022-2024. The Program was developed by the Ministry of the Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia with the technical support of the EU-funded “EU4Climate” project, which…
Climate change has emerged as one of the main threats humanity faces with food and water scarcity, increased flooding, extreme heat, more disease and economic loss. The six EU Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) face water and energy shortages and a broad spectrum of climate-related and geophysical problems. Funded by…
The EU/UNDP EU4Climate project presented a gap analysis and recommendations on Ukraine’s greenhouse gas emissions monitoring and reporting legislation, which is an important element on the way to aligning Ukraine’s legislation and systems with the EU climate acquis. Iryna Stavchuk, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine for the European Integration, said…
Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in Moldova increased by 53% to 10 million tone CO2-EQ per year between 2000 and 2020 but are still lower than in the 1990 reference year when they collapsed because of the economic crisis caused by the Soviet Union breakup. At the same time, the country’s energy intensity dropped in 20…
Melting Arctic glaciers, raising the level of the planet’s ocean and acidifying it, the disappearance of coral reefs and other species. If it was the final impact of climate change, we were learning to live with it. But this is just the beginning. Not only are we faced with trying to slow down the proverbial…
Following the approval of the Environmental Security and Climate Change Adaptation Strategy of Ukraine by 2030, there is a strong need to ensure an effective coordination mechanism for climate adaptation in Ukraine that would identify the responsibilities and functions of the governmental bodies in this sphere. The goal of the analytical paper, developed within the…
The European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) will be partially transposed into Moldovan law, with the support of the EU and UNDP. In the first stage, monitoring, reporting and independent verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) obligations will be introduced for 12 companies with a total nominal installed generation capacity of almost 3.3 thousand…
The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held an event in the Absheron National Park to observe European Mobility Week. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness about the country’s efforts in the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions by promoting eco-friendly transportation means…