In April 2024 the Parliament registered the draft Law on location, designing and construction of energy blocks № 3 та № 4 at Khmelnytska NPP (https://itd.rada.gov.ua/billInfo/Bills/Card/43948) №11146 dated 03.04.2024. The main committee – Committee on Energy, Housing and Utilities Services provided its conclusion on 17.06.24, allowing inclusion of this draft law into the agenda of…
Introduction People destroy the environment when waging wars and carrying out economic activities without taking proper responsibility for it. When there is a need to bring those responsible for environmental destruction to justice, both at the state and international levels, there are more questions than answers. The larger the damage to nature, the more likely…
Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2024) will bring together leaders of a number of national governments, international organizations, business and civil society. Germany and Ukraine will jointly host the Conference on June 11 and 12, 2024 in Berlin. URC2024 is a continuation of the cycle of annual high-level events dedicated to the rapid recovery and long-term reconstruction…
Introduction. In a world where the devastating effects of war on the environment are becoming increasingly evident, there is a need to better understand and more effectively address the issue of compensation for environmental damage. This document is aimed at researching the prospects of getting reparations1 for environmental damage at the international level, through the…
Introduction People destroy the environment when waging wars and carrying out economic activities without taking proper responsibility for it. When there is a need to bring those responsible for environmental destruction to justice, both at the state and international levels, there are more questions than answers. The larger the damage to nature, the more likely…
In the recent years, Ukrainian forest policy has a number of distinctive trends, which reflect overall Ukrainian environmental and economic policy and priorities as well as vision of the sector development by managing officials of the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine (hereinafter – SAFR). There trends are based on 3 main directions with…
Introduction. In a world where the devastating effects of war on the environment are becoming increasingly evident, there is a need to better understand and more effectively address the issue of compensation for environmental damage. This document is aimed at researching the prospects of getting reparations1 for environmental damage at the international level, through the…
Introduction. This policy paper is intended to highlight the importance of adopting by the Council of Europe of a binding decision on the recognition of the right to a safe and healthy environment, adopting the Protocol on the right to a safe and healthy environment to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and…
In light of the news regarding the launch of the negotiation process on Ukraine’s accession to the EU and approval by the European Commission of the “Ukraine 2023 Report”, representatives of Ukrainian civil society are convinced that further reforms should not only be carried out, but also implemented fully in accordance with the recommendations of…
During last decades Ukraine is overloaded with waste, in particular due to obsolete legislation and absence of state control over the business entities handling waste, and also tiny fines for violation of waste laws. As a result, near every settlement one can find illegal wastedumps, at the working waste sites accidents are common, for instance,…
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