Translating the Benefits of Green Investments into Actionable Steps for Ukraine

The “Shades of Green” dis­cus­sion on Ukraine’s green recov­ery, orga­nized by the Ukrain­ian Cli­mate Office, WWF Ukraine, and CEE on Novem­ber 21st, high­light­ed the impor­tance of green invest­ments in Ukraine.

With around 50 par­tic­i­pants from nation­al and inter­na­tion­al cli­mate pol­i­cy stake­hold­ers, the event aimed to trans­late the ben­e­fits of green invest­ments into action­able steps for Ukraine. Sébastien Godinot, an Econ­o­mist at the WWF Euro­pean Pol­i­cy Office, empha­sized the strate­gic advan­tages of tran­si­tion­ing to a Green Econ­o­my in Ukraine, such as cre­at­ing green job oppor­tu­ni­ties, restor­ing ecosys­tems, and con­tribut­ing to EU acces­sion. A brief­ing paper sum­ma­riz­ing key mes­sages and pro­posed actions is expect­ed with­in the next month.

The Ukrain­ian Cli­mate Office as an inde­pen­dent cen­tre of excel­lence for cli­mate issues is part of the BMWK-com­mis­sioned region­al IKI-pro­gramme “Capac­i­ty Devel­op­ment for Cli­mate Pol­i­cy in the Coun­tries of South­east, East­ern Europe, the South Cau­ca­sus and Cen­tral Asia, Phase III” (CDCPIII).