Events and Announcements

On April 4, there was held an online discussion of the policy paper “Reform of the Biodiversity Conservation System: Ukraine on the Way to the EU”. Participants of the event included representatives of EPL, BEI, UNCG, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine. The policy paper that we have developed aims…

We continue to work on reforming Ukraine’s environmental protection system and ensuring the fulfillment of Ukraine’s European integration obligations in the environmental sector. As part of this process, there will be held a discussion of the policy paper entitled «The reform of biodiversity conservation system: Ukraine on the way to the EU» with representatives of…

  An ecologist from the International Charitable Organization “Environment-People-Law” (EPL) delivered a lecture for participants of the “School of Solutions Journalism” by EcoRubryka. Kateryna Polіanska discussed the impact of military actions on Ukraine’s environment, the organization’s work in this field since 2014, soil contamination research, the consequences of pollution by explosive ordnance, challenges in demining…

On February 10, 2025, a press briefing “Results of the studies of impacts of the war on the environment of Ukraine (liberated territories and the territory of Lviv region)” was held at the Lviv Press Club, organized by International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law”. During the event, experts presented results of field studies covering the impact of…

The issue of holding the Russian Federation accountable for the damage caused to us and our state within the framework of the international compensation mechanism is actively developing. In 2024, many important events took place in this regard. The year 2023 ended with the approval of the composition of the Register Board and with its…

The year of 2024 became for International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” a special period filled with new challenges and important achievements. The full-scale invasion and the ongoing war are prompting Ukrainian civil society to take an active stance both at the national and international levels. It is important that the voice of the environmentally conscious public…

On 16 December 2024, the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine organised in Kyiv and online the first working meeting of its Civil Society Coordination Platform attended by more than 80 organizations. The Executive Director of the Register of Damage for Ukraine, Markiyan Klyuchkovskyi, gave a welcome speech…

Previously, through its information channels EPL has already informed about the launch of public hearings on the advisory opinion on the obligations of states in the context of climate change at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague. The hearings lasted from December 2, 2024 until December 13, 2024. Representatives of states, international…

In the period of December 2 – 6, representatives of International charitable organization “Environment-People-Law” made an advocacy trip to the global justice center in The Hague (Netherlands), which aimed to increase international attention to the issues of legal definition of ecocide, compensation for damage caused to the Ukrainian environment by Russian aggression, and ensuring environmental…

  Yesterday, on December 5, 2024, an important event in international environmental law took place. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for the basic version of the draft Law “On the Ratification of Amendments to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters” No 0272 dated…