Policy brief on the reform in the area of industrial emissions

The man-made load on the environment in Ukraine is 4-5 times higher than in developed countries. The energy intensity of the gross national product in Ukraine is 10 times higher, and the resource intensity of the final national product is 3 times higher than the world level. According to the Institute for Evaluation and Measurement of Health Indicators, in 2016 air pollution led to more than 58,000 deaths in Ukraine. Ukraine ranks 4th in the world after China, Bulgaria and Hungary in terms of economic losses from air pollution. Annual budget losses due to morbidity and mortality caused by toxic air pollution amount to about 5.8% of GDP.