European integration “achievements” of Ukraine in 2024 in the environmental sector

Recently, the European Commission (hereinafter – the EC) released Ukraine 2024 Report within the 2024 Communication on EU enlargement policy¹. Three pages of the report cover Chapter 27 of the acquis (Environment and climate change) and the conclusions are unfortunately disappointing. The European Commission assessed Ukraine’s progress in the environmental sphere in 2024 as very weak. Similar assessment was made regarding the general level of Ukraine’s readiness to join the EU in this area. Let’s take a closer look at what the European Commission pays special attention to in the relevant chapter of the report, and what obviously should become the priority tasks for the next year.