
Climate policy development and advancing cooperation with the EU in Ukraine
The main tool for bringing Ukraine and the EU closer together is the Association Agreement (AA), including its Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) signed in 2014. One of the priority reforms in AA is energy efficiency. The EU contributes substantially to the Ukrainian Energy Efficiency Fund and supports raising awareness for energy efficiency investments. The EU continues providing assistance in gas and electricity sectors modernisation and market reform in Ukraine, also supporting the establishment of an independent energy regulatory authority and new gas and electricity laws to improve efficiency in the energy sector. The EU also helps Ukraine in its ambitious transport agenda, and the country has drafted a complex action plan, necessary to improve and decarbonise the transport sector.
2014
- Association Agreement with EU
- National Energy Efficiency Action Plan
(NEEAP) (2015-2020)
2015
- INDC 2021-2030
- COP21 Paris Agreement
- Pledge to Sustainable Developent
Agenda 2030 - National Renewable Energy Action Plan
till 2020
2016
- Ratification of Paris Agreement
- The Concept on State Policy on Climate
Change Plan till 2030
2017
- EU-Ukraine AA fully effective
- The Action Plan to Implement Climate
Change till 2030 - Energy Strategy of Ukraine (2035)
2018
- LEDS submitted (2021-2050)
- National Energy and Climate Plans
(NECPs) working group
2019
- EU4Climate launched
- Measurement, Reporting and Verification
(MRV) of GHG emissions Law adopted
2020
- Second NDC to Paris Agreement
(2021-2030) - National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP)
(2021-2030)
- Second NDC to Paris Agreement
EU4Climate key policy interventions and expected impact
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