The Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) will consider the possibility of cooperation with Ukraine in the field of post-war environmental restoration, water policy, chemical safety and air pollution.
Strengthening cooperation in joint environmental projects with the Fund was discussed by the Minister of Environment Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strilets and General Director of the GEF Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, Strilets reports on Facebook.
He said that the Global Environmental Fund is the world's largest donor in the field of nature protection and restoration. Over the past 30 years, the Foundation has provided more than $22 billion in grants and mixed financing for environmental projects in various countries.
The meeting took place during the UN Conference on Biodiversity COP15 in Montreal.
"Ukraine, as a candidate for EU membership, is already actively preparing for post-war reconstruction and is forming a legislative basis for this in accordance with EU requirements, so as not to waste time and start work in the first days after the end of hostilities," said Strelets.
He also added that Rodriguez is closely following the news about the war in Ukraine and is grateful to the country that, despite all the difficulties, Ukraine, together with the GEF, continues not only to implement environmental projects, but also to expand their capabilities.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that the Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources for European Integration Svitlana Grynchuk said that due to Russian aggression, pollution is increasing, which will negatively affect the environment of the entire European continent.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, Yevgeny Fedorenko, Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, said that in 8 months of full-scale invasion Russia has caused more than €37 billion in damage to Ukraine's environment.
