One year on from the abolition of the Ministry of the Environment: an assessment of promises, results, decisions and failures

We’re checking whether the ‘mega-ministry’ experiment has stood the test of reality

An environment without a voice: why the environmental community is calling for the reinstatement of a separate ministry

A year of the ‘mega-ministry’ in operation has shown that the environment has lost its own voice, its staff and its political clout at precisely the moment when the challenges have become unprecedented

“As soon as we recognise that an animal is not an object but a living being with feelings, everything will fall into place,” — Yaroslava Koba

The war has changed not only people, but also their attitude towards those who cannot defend themselves

One year on from the abolition of the Ministry of the Environment: an assessment of promises, results, decisions and failures

We’re checking whether the ‘mega-ministry’ experiment has stood the test of reality

An environment without a voice: why the environmental community is calling for the reinstatement of a separate ministry

A year of the ‘mega-ministry’ in operation has shown that the environment has lost its own voice, its staff and its political clout at precisely the moment when the challenges have become unprecedented

“As soon as we recognise that an animal is not an object but a living being with feelings, everything will fall into place,” — Yaroslava Koba

The war has changed not only people, but also their attitude towards those who cannot defend themselves

The third draft bill on the NETS (No. 15386-1): what the authors and experts are saying about it

Let’s take a look at how this document differs from the previous two

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Sand was stolen from the state for three years: the traffickers caused damage to the environment amounting to over 48 million UAH

Those involved in the scheme laundered illegally extracted minerals through companies under their control

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The introduction of EPR could generate 16 billion UAH for waste treatment in Ukraine each year – an expert

Private investment in the sector will also create up to 80,000 jobs and bring billions in tax revenue into the formal economy

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Ukraine could become Europe’s largest producer of biomethane — IEA

Producers have the capacity to produce up to 11.6 billion m³ of biogas each year

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The world’s largest offshore substation, with an annual capacity of over 6 TWh, has come into operation in China

Its operation will reduce emissions by more than 5 million tonnes of carbon each year

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A breakthrough in hunting or the legalisation of killing: how Ukrainians are reacting to Bill No. 15431

The bill’s main author describes it as a step towards a “model hunting culture”

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Kyiv property developers have taken over the lakeside in Osokorky Ecopark

Separately, campaigners highlight the damage that the construction is causing to the nature reserve