IKI Interface: Supporting Ukraine towards Ambitious and Integrated Climate Policy (Green Ukraine)

The Russ­ian war of aggres­sion has destroyed and dam­aged forests, land and marine ecosys­tems, as well as the water sup­ply and waste­water and waste man­age­ment sys­tems in Ukraine. This impacts human health, bio­di­ver­si­ty and the cli­mate.

Despite the war, the Ukrain­ian Gov­ern­ment is tak­ing action to min­imise dam­age and main­tain eco­nom­ic sta­bil­i­ty. Through its green recon­struc­tion plan, Ukraine aims to achieve ener­gy inde­pen­dence while lever­ag­ing the oppor­tu­ni­ties pre­sent­ed by cli­mate- and envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly recon­struc­tion. The Nation­al­ly Deter­mined Con­tri­bu­tions (NDCs) of the Paris Agree­ment of 2021 can no longer serve as an effec­tive frame­work for guid­ing cur­rent actions.

Objective

Ukraine is sig­nif­i­cant­ly reduc­ing its green­house gas emis­sions over the long term. Green recon­struc­tion and devel­op­ment are being pro­mot­ed to sup­port Ukraine’s trans­for­ma­tion into a car­bon-neu­tral, resilient and nature-friend­ly mem­ber of the Euro­pean Union (EU).

Approach

The project oper­ates at the inter­face of the Ger­man Gov­ern­men­t’s Inter­na­tion­al Cli­mate Ini­tia­tive (IKI). To this end, it par­tic­u­lar­ly pro­motes col­lab­o­ra­tion between Ger­man and Ukrain­ian deci­sion-mak­ers to devel­op inno­v­a­tive, cross-sec­toral solu­tions for a future-proof cli­mate- and bio­di­ver­si­ty pol­i­cy in Ukraine.

On behalf of the Ger­man Min­istry for Eco­nom­ic Affairs and Cli­mate Action (BMWK), the project sup­ports the Ukrain­ian Min­istry of Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and Nat­ur­al Resources (MEPR) in estab­lish­ing a cut­ting-edge mon­i­tor­ing sys­tem. This sys­tem will enable Ukraine to col­lect, eval­u­ate and mon­i­tor bio­di­ver­si­ty data in align­ment with the cli­mate objec­tives.

The project also pro­motes knowl­edge exchange between Ger­man and Ukrain­ian pol­i­cy-mak­ers. It also sup­ports the Ukrain­ian Cli­mate Office (UCO) with achiev­ing cli­mate objec­tives and with updat­ing the NDCs.

Funding:
10,000,000.00 €
Duration:
04/2024 till
04/2029

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