Photo: Serhii Minenko (UNDP in Ukraine) Representatives of Khmelnytskyi City Council learn how to identify priority climate change adaptation measures. Kyiv, 22 September 2023 – On the eve of the UN Climate Ambition Summit 2023, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine, in collaboration with Ukraine’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, has…
The Ukrainian delegation actively participated in the Bonn Climate Change Conference, a prominent international platform held from June 5th to 15th, 2023, for discussions on climate action. With delegates from over 100 Parties to the Paris Agreement, the conference aimed to assess progress, address critical issues, and set the stage for the upcoming UN Climate…
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…
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…
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 Government of Ukraine has endorsed a strategy to make Ukraine a more environmentally safe and climate-resilient country, ready to meet unavoidable climate change impacts by 2030, developed with the support of the EU4Climate project financed by the EU and implemented by UNDP under a Decree of the President of Ukraine and the National Security…
The EU4Climate Project supporting the development of the National Cycling Strategy that incorporates policy recommendations from the Micromobility White Paper. KYIV, Ukraine, 24 September 2021 – EU Sustainable Mobility Week saw the achievement of a key milestone in Ukraine on 20 September 2021, with the presentation of the draft National Cycling Strategy at an online…
KYIV, 17 September 2021 – The Government of Ukraine today presented its updated strategic climate change action plan to the media, outlining the steps it will take to achieving its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC2) to Paris Agreement. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the…
Among the raft of climate measures, country to up 2030 emissions-cut target, introduce more electric vehicles, develop renewables, and plant more trees. The Government of Ukraine updated its Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 65 percent by 2030 from the 1990 levels. Ukraine’s previous commitment was to…
Micromobility is already a reality of today. The development of effective policies for its use can provide many benefits to society: flexible mobility, reduced emissions in cities, personal financial savings, reduced burden on the transport network, increased equality. Ukrainian cities face an emerging challenge with the new type of personal transport, and different solutions are…