Ukraine and international partners to shape climate policy ahead of COP31

Ukraine and inter­na­tion­al part­ners to shape cli­mate pol­i­cy ahead of COP31

On 21 Octo­ber, Ukraine and its inter­na­tion­al part­ners will come togeth­er in Kyiv for a Nation­al Cli­mate Dia­logue ahead of the 31st UN Cli­mate Change Con­fer­ence (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye. The event will focus on Ukraine’s cli­mate pol­i­cy pri­or­i­ties, the envi­ron­men­tal impact of the war, and the role of decar­bon­i­sa­tion and green recov­ery in build­ing a more resilient, low-car­bon econ­o­my.

The event will bring togeth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Ukrain­ian gov­ern­ment, inter­na­tion­al part­ners, diplo­mat­ic mis­sions, busi­ness­es, finan­cial insti­tu­tions, com­mu­ni­ties, and civ­il soci­ety. Senior offi­cials from Ukraine’s Min­istry of Econ­o­my and Envi­ron­ment will take part in the event.

One of the key top­ics of the dia­logue will be Ukraine’s expe­ri­ence of build­ing cli­mate resilience dur­ing wartime – solu­tions that are already being imple­ment­ed in response to unprece­dent­ed chal­lenges and can be shared with inter­na­tion­al part­ners as Ukraine’s prac­ti­cal con­tri­bu­tion to the glob­al cli­mate agen­da.

Ukraine’s recov­ery is tak­ing place in fun­da­men­tal­ly new cir­cum­stances, where the full-scale war is pro­found­ly reshap­ing the country’s eco­nom­ic oppor­tu­ni­ties, soci­etal needs and envi­ron­men­tal con­di­tions. Under these extreme cir­cum­stances, Ukraine is devel­op­ing prac­ti­cal solu­tions to pro­tect the envi­ron­ment and strength­en the resilience of its ener­gy sys­tem, com­mu­ni­ties and econ­o­my.

Par­tic­i­pants will also dis­cuss how to align Ukraine’s recov­ery with cli­mate goals and eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment, includ­ing the envi­ron­men­tal impact of the war, green recon­struc­tion, indus­tri­al decar­bon­i­sa­tion and mech­a­nisms for attract­ing cli­mate finance and invest­ment.

The dia­logue will pro­vide a plat­form for shar­ing Ukrain­ian prac­tices and devel­op­ing a com­mon vision of cli­mate pri­or­i­ties ahead of COP31. As an out­come, par­tic­i­pants will devel­op pro­pos­als that can be pre­sent­ed to inter­na­tion­al part­ners and reflect­ed in Ukraine’s posi­tion at the UN Cli­mate Change Con­fer­ence in Türkiye.

You can reg­is­ter for the event via the link.

Media accred­i­ta­tion is avail­able via the link. Reg­is­tra­tion is open until 21 Octo­ber 2026 (inclu­sive).

The venue and agen­da will be shared with reg­is­tered par­tic­i­pants.

The Pre-COP31 event was organ­ised at the ini­tia­tive of the Min­istry of Econ­o­my and Envi­ron­ment of Ukraine, with the sup­port of the projects IKI Inter­face Ukraine and Imple­men­ta­tion of the Paris Agree­ment in Ukraine (PAABS), imple­ment­ed by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Inter­na­tionale Zusam­me­nar­beit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Fed­er­al Min­istry for the Envi­ron­ment, Cli­mate Action, Nature Con­ser­va­tion and  Nuclear Safe­ty (BMUKN) under the Inter­na­tion­al Cli­mate Ini­tia­tive (IKI).