The speech of climatologist Svitlana Krakovska on 55th IPCC session
Representative of the Ukrainian delegation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change addressed the participants of the 55th session.
Representative of the Ukrainian delegation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change addressed the participants of the 55th session.
People marched at this year’s Climate March to demand funding for environmental activities from the authorities.
2035 is not the final coal phase-out date for the Ukrainian state-owned power plants, as was previously announced.
The decision is unprecedented and should help Ukraine to get rid of some of the most polluting coal power facilities in Europe.
What is required explicitly of the Ukrainian government to successfully combat climate change and adapt to it to prevent the situation from becoming critical?
We expect to integrate of the proposed recommendations and affirmation of the greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 65% of the 1990 level as soon as possible.
We recommend that the Government should integrate this Vision into the Roadmap for Ukraine’s participation in the EU Green Deal.
Environmental problems are not only causing a headache for activists, but are also an additional financial burden on the state budget.
We are convinced that this is the right initiative at the right time, as a low-carbon-development path in line with the EGD will not only define Ukraine’s climate mitigation policy.
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